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Mike Rugnetta’s Little Rights Management Story

Here's a cautionary tale about ASCAP, the musicians' performing rights union in the States (up here, we have a counterpart called SOCAN).

Apparently, they have been actively campaigning against Creative Commons and other similar movements.

Mike Rugnetta, a New York musician, disagrees with their politics — but ASCAP refuses to let him quit his membership!