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本期节目探讨了BMI（广播音乐公司）的诞生及其对美国流行音乐，特别是摇滚乐产生的深远影响。BMI的出现是电台为了对抗ASCAP（美国作曲家、作家和发行商协会）对音乐版权的垄断而成立的。ASCAP成立较早，主要代表的是传统的白人流行音乐和好莱坞音乐，其版权费分配机制存在严重不公平，对新兴的乡村音乐和黑人音乐创作人十分不利。BMI则采取了更公平的版权费分配机制，根据歌曲的实际播放次数来分配，这极大地鼓励了乡村音乐和黑人音乐等边缘音乐类型的创作和发展，也为摇滚乐的诞生创造了条件。电台禁播ASCAP音乐的事件，客观上也为BMI的崛起提供了机会。总而言之，BMI的诞生是美国流行音乐发展史上的一个重要转折点，它打破了ASCAP的垄断，促进了音乐的多元化发展，对摇滚乐的产生具有不可忽视的推动作用。
Deep Dive
This chapter explores ASCAP's role in music copyright, its methods of collecting fees from radio stations, and the legal battles it faced. It also highlights the inequities in its royalty distribution system, which favored established artists and publishers over newcomers.
- ASCAP's blanket licensing system solved the problem of tracking individual song performances but created issues in fair royalty distribution.
- ASCAP's royalty distribution favored established artists and publishers, leading to disputes and the creation of BMI.
- Radio stations became a primary source of income for publishers, leading to conflicts over royalty payments.
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