The move means the publisher now has full control of licensing performing rights for its EMI April Music catalogue in the US and also the final say on which digital - and audio, video streaming and cloud music - services it will license rights to.
Musicians will not be able to opt out of the service.
EMI Music Publishing chairman and CEO Roger Faxon described the deal as a "pilot project" to test where the future of online licensing lies. ...
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