MONOPOLY IN MUSIC TRADE
American Charge Laid (Received December 27, 8.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, December 26.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Jackson, announced that he is instituting .criminal proceedings under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act against the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music (Inc.), the National Broadcasting Corporation, and the Columbia Broadcasting System. The charges are based on alleged “illegal’’ pooling of very desirable copyright music for radio to eliminate competition mid create a monopoly, “illegal price-fixing’’ and the restraining of the composers’ right to bargain, and mutual ■boycotts by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and the broadcasting chains through Broadcast Music (Inc.) in an attempt to monopolize the supply of music.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 80, 28 December 1940, Page 10
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