Broadcast Music, Incorporated (BMI) is an American performing rights organization that represents more than 250,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.

BMI is a music performing rights organization. It represents songwriters (even when they happen also to be performers), as well as film, television, musical theatre and classical music composers and, of course, music publishers.

BMI collects money from the businesses that use music in the course of their day and then pays out that money as royalties to the composers and publishers of the songs and compositions they play.

Usually in accord with AAP on issues of copyright, fair use and licensing.

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