Pro Music Rights and its parent company are threatening to sue Wisconsin Representative Scott Fitzgerald after he asked the FTC to investigate the PRO for sketchy business practices. Chairman Jake P. Noch says the letter contains false claims about the company's catalog and accuses Fitzgerald of anti-Semitic commentary, while PMR also floated antitrust action against BMI, ASCAP, and the MIC Coalition for trying to squash competition.
Fitzgerald questioned PMR's claim that it controls 7.4% of the US market, and BMI's analysis suggested that number looks way too high. The company says it represents over 2.5 million works from artists like Wiz Khalifa and Pharrell, plus AI-generated tracks, and it maintains that regulators have never found any actual misconduct. PMR argues the whole thing is just establishment players using political muscle to keep independent competitors down.
Fitzgerald questioned PMR's claim that it controls 7.4% of the US market, and BMI's analysis suggested that number looks way too high. The company says it represents over 2.5 million works from artists like Wiz Khalifa and Pharrell, plus AI-generated tracks, and it maintains that regulators have never found any actual misconduct. PMR argues the whole thing is just establishment players using political muscle to keep independent competitors down.
