ascap is tbomped by a consent decree created in 1941 and last updated in 2001. that's, incidentally, before the ipod ever hit a store. we all know the music marketplace has changed dramatically since then, and new -- sadly, new music services are finding ways to take advantage of this outdated regulatory system. consider the fact that it takes one million streams on pandora for a songwriter to earn $90, 9-0 dollars. for some perspective, one of the most popular songs in 2011 was lady apt bell lumbar's wonderful hit, "need you now." for 72 million streams on pan doer la, the four songwriters earned less than $1500 apiece. meanwhile, record labels and artists often earn 12-14 times more than songwriters for the exact same stream. such an imbalance would not happen in a free market where real competition exists and songwriters have more of a say over how our music is licensed, how our music is licensed. but under the current consent decree songwriter compensation reflects the true value of our work less and less even as our music is performed more and more. there i

. >> host: first of all, what are ascap and bmi? >> guest: the two largest performing rights societies. they represent music publishers and songwriters. >> host: do they support pandora and other online radio stations? >> guest: well, i think they recognize that online listening is the future, that we're -- if you're look at pandora's share of all radio listening, it's increased steadily since our launch. i think we last reported we're just knot of 9% -- north of 9% of all radio listening. so we're part of the music-listening landscape, and, you know, we provide a really valuable platform for artists and song writers to have their music herald. >> host: but weren't you recently sued by some of the big record companies for not paying licensing fees? did i get that correct? >> guest: so there's a suit pending right now in new york state court over records that were recorded prior to 1972. the copyright act, we're into the complexity again. the copyright act until 1972 didn't recognize sound recordings for federal copyright at all. the

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the two smaller medals are american society of composers and publishers, ascap for short, medals andre the morton gould award for young composers. and the middle one, the large medal, is from "from the top." [ piano playing ] [ operatic singing ] >> "from the top" is a program on public radio. here, they're rehearsing one of j.p.'s compositions for a national broadcast. j.p.'s already a veteran of the spotlight. like mozart, he started composing early. >> we have a picture of me just about 2 years old on my dad's lap, and we're playing the piano. [ piano playing ] >> he also gets a gift for music from his mother's side of the family, as well. two of his uncles are musicians. his mom is often the first to hear his new compositions. [ mid-tempo music playing ] >> yeah. that's really cool. >> thanks, mom. >> it's exciting. it's really exciting, and the encouragement to keep going and to keep being creative -- it's a great thing. >> i'm going to play part of the piano part of my three songs that were performed on "from the top." [ piano playing ] >> j.p. is a great composer. at age 13, h

. >> when it comes -- what are ascap and bmi? >> they are the a-list -- biggest rights. krista do they support pandora? >> they understand it is the future. share look at pandora's of listening, it has increased steadily since our launch. we were north of 9% of already a listeners. we are part of the landscape. the musical landscape. we provide a really valuable platform for artists and songwriters. >> weren't you recently sued by some of the big record companies for not paying licensing fees? a suit pending right now in new york city court over were recorded prior to 1972. the copyright act, we are in the complexity again. the copyright act did not recognize sound recordings. federal copyright at all. they were not recognized. they did not enjoy a performance right. not until 1995. congress made the decision after that time not to include for performance royalties those before 1972. the copyright office and a late 2011, early 2012 concluded that are entitled to a performance royalty under federal law. >> elvis, the supremes, they can all be played for free. you can take

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