Battle Over Cleaning Up Music Databases Erupts In A Full-Out Industry War

Three weeks ago, Congress proposed a global, centralized music database to ensure that artists get paid on every streaming platform.  Then, performance rights organizations (PROs) ASCAP and BMI announced that they had started work on a joint authoritative music database one year ago.  Now, the RIAA and the NMPA have started discussions on a possible shared music rights database.