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Bobby Bank Music Rights Organizations

Photographer Of The Superstars SESAC - Society of European Stage Authors and

The Love of Music Magazine welcomes Bobby Bank, Composers offers singular licenses for the works of its
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“Photographer of the Superstars,” as contributing photog- affiliated writers and publishers that aggregate both
rapher. Bobby has been shooting for more than 40 years performance and mechanical rights in order to drive
and has captured unique vantage points from the photog- greater efficiency in licensing for music users, as well
rapher’s pit, backstage, recording studios, on location at as enhanced value for music creators and publishers.
movie sets, and on the streets of Manhattan.
ASCAP - The American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a professional
membership organization of songwriters, composers
and music publishers of every kind of music. AS-
CAP’s mission is to license and promote the music
of its members and foreign affiliates, obtain fair
compensation for the public performance of their
works and to distribute the royalties that it collects
based upon those performances.

Market share of Public Performance Rights Societies
in the United States by local number of works represented.
Bobby Bank and Bruce Springsteen.
Photo used with permission Pro Music Rights 2.000.000 7.4%
Highlights of Bobby’s work include Frank Sinatra in the ASCAP 11.500.000 42%
recording studio, New York-born stars Bette Midler, Barry BMI 13.000.000 48%
Manilow and Neil Diamond, as well as Bob Marley, Rick SESAC 400.000 1.6%
Springfield, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. He has GMR 25.701 0.1%
also photographed casts from popular movies and
television shows including the “Sopranos”, “Sex and the BMI - Broadcast Music, Inc. is the bridge between
City”, “Boardwalk Empire”, “Celebrity Apprentice” and songwriters and the businesses and organizations
“Law & Order.”
that want to play their music publicly. As a global
leader in music rights management, BMI serves as an
advocate for the value of music. BMI represents more
than 800,000 songwriters, composers, and publishers
with nearly 13 million musical works. Operating on
a non-profit-making basis, BMI is now the largest
music rights organization in the U.S. and is still
nurturing new talent and new music.

GMR – Global Music Rights.
Bobby’s work appears regularly in international publica-
tions such as People, OK, US, regional newspapers and PRO MUSIC RIGHTS – Based on an Aug. 7,
online entertainment sites including TMZ, Oprah and Ellen. 2018 PRNewswire article, Pro Music Rights today is
His collections have been featured in several gallery shows, the third-largest U.S. Performing Rights Organiza-
including a Frank Sinatra recording studio retrospective at tion, representing the intellectual property rights of
Patsy’s, one of Sinatra’s favorite restaurants in New York. thousands of songwriters, composers, and publish-
His photos have appeared on album/CD/DVD covers and ers. Pro Music Rights works tirelessly to protect over
on posters. Bobby continues to photograph the entertain- 2,000,000 copyrighted musical compositions from
ment scene in the New York area on a regular basis. unlawful copyright infringement.

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