Music licensing gets caught up in Web; ASCAP and BMI developing agreements for Internet users.

ASCAP and BMI developing agreements for Internet users

As upstart music services find their niche on Internet web sites, music licensing giants ASCAP and BMI are drafting licensing agreements to protect their playlists on the World Wide Web.

Last month, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers issued its first performance license for computer transmission of music to Hajjar/Kaufman Advertising of Marina del Rey, Calif., whose Radio HK audio-on-demand service allows Internet users to select from a jukebox-type assortment of new music.

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