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From: jvs@iwu1d.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: What are BMI and ASCAP
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Date: Fri, 3-Jun-83 07:29:56 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  3 07:29:56 1983
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Can someone tell me exactly what BMI and ASCAP are?  I have been seeing
thest names on records all my life.  Every song on every record is
associated with one or the other.  Also, why are these the only two.

					Thanks in advance

					  John V. Smith