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ASCAP was founded in 1914 to collect performance fees

Composers pooled their rights so venues could be licensed in one deal Victor Herbert and a group of songwriters set up the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers to license public performances of their work. Instead of chasing every café orchestra, ASCAP sold blanket licences and split the money as survey data allowed. Broadcasters later resented its rates enough to start a rival. It sits in Mondo's music collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Composers pooled their rights so venues could be licensed in one deal. The figure is taken from ASCAP, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.