WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is considering changing or scrapping agreements it reached with two music licensing giants more than 70 years ago to freshen them up for the ...

Midnight Rodeo is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly allowing performances of copyrighted music while failing to pay the necessary music licensing fees. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court of ...

Pono Ranch is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), with the not-for-profit performance-rights organization claiming that the ...

Ever since operetta composer Victor Herbert sued Shanley’s restaurant in New York in 1917 to force it to pay for playing his song on a player-piano, songwriters and music publishers have depended on ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) filed a lawsuit against the owners of a popular Shem Creek bar and restaurant. Saltwater Cowboys is one of 13 ...

For years, live music fans could stop in at Mad City Coffee in Columbia on a Friday or Saturday night and take in a set or two of rock, folk or improvisational jazz. The 2,000-square-foot ...

A rodeo bar in Missouri has been hit with a federal lawsuit for playing Nelly, LL Cool J, and others without a paid music license. A bar in Springfield, Missouri, is facing a federal lawsuit for ...