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BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. v. DMX INC.

Docket Nos. 10-3429-cv, 11-127-cv.

683 F.3d 32 (2012)

BROADCAST MUSIC, INC., Petitioner-Appellant, v. DMX INC., Respondent-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Defendant-Appellant, v. THP Capstar Acquisition Corp., now known as DMX, Inc., Applicant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth P. Waxman ( Jonathan E. Nuechterlein , Catherine M.A. Carroll, Eric F. Citron, on the brief), Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, WA, District of Columbia; Marvin L. Berenson , Joseph J. DiMona , Broadcast Music, Inc., New York, NY, for Broadcast Music, Inc.

Theodore B. Olson ( Amir C. Tayrani , Dace C. Martinez , Jennifer L. Conn , on the brief), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, WA, District of Columbia; Joan M. McGivern , Richard H. Reimer , Samuel Mosenkis, ASCAP, New York, NY; Christopher J. Glancy, I.   Fred Koenigsberg , Stefan M. Mentzer , White & Case LLP, New York, NY, for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

R. Bruce Rich ( Benjamin E. Marks , Todd D. Larson , on the brief), Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Christopher S. Harrison , Christopher Harrison, PLLC, Austin, TX, for DMX, Inc.

Christine A. Varney , Assistant Attorney General; Robert B. Nicholson , Robert J. Wiggers , Daniel McCuaig , Matthew J. Bester , Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, WA, District of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae United States in BMI v. DMX, Inc.

Christopher J. Glancy, I. Fred Koenigsberg, Stefan M. Mentzer , Scott E. Hershman , White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Joan M. McGivern , Richard H. Reimer , ASCAP, New York, NY; Catherine E. Stetson , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, WA, District of Columbia; Ira M. Feinberg , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in BMI v. DMX, Inc.

Bruce G. Joseph , Wiley Rein LLP, WA, District of Columbia, for Amici Curiae Television Music License Committee, LLC, et al. in ASCAP v. DMX, Inc.

Robert B. Nicholson , Robert J. Wiggers , Daniel McCuaig , Matthew J. Bester , Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, WA, District of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae United States in ASCAP v. DMX, Inc.

Before: PARKER, CHIN, and LOHIER, Circuit Judges.

CHIN, Circuit Judge:

In 1941, the United States brought an antitrust action against the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ("ASCAP"). The suit resulted in a consent decree that provided certain protections for prospective music licensees. Where, for example, ASCAP and a prospective licensee have reached an impasse over fees, under the consent decree, either may petition the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to set...

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