The appeals panel reversed a federal judge’s decision to raise BMI’s blanket fees for public performance rights by 138%, finding he miscalculated the figure.
MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal appeals panel on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s 138% increase of the song license fee rate charged to concert promoters, finding it “imposed unreasonable rates” on the blanket fees for public performance rights to songs from the vast BMI catalogue.
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