American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers v. Showtime/the Movie Channel, Inc., Applicant-Appellee

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• noting that “context” of 1950 Decree reflects intent to “disinfect” ASCAP “as a potential combination in restraint of trade____”
• noting that “as a potential combination in restraint of trade, ASCAP has been disinfected by the [consent] decree’ ” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted) (alteration in original)
• sustaining the lower court's factual findings, which included the consideration of evidence from settlement negotiations, of what constituted a \reasonable\ market license rate
• the court may “receive and weigh evidence that [a licensee] thought it was paying a high price for the blanket license but was willing to do so because it felt it had no choice.”
• the blanket license fee must reflect the extra benefits of a blanket license
• the blanket license fee must reflect the extra benefits of a blanket license

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