"Secondly, ASCAP has one of the largest administration cost percentages of any supposed non-profit organization, with a big proportion of these fees going to salaries, office rental, and legal staff. "

This is simply untrue. I was an ASCAP employee for 20 years and was laid off five years ago. They have laid off many employees (one ex-colleague of mine after 41 years), and I know for a fact that raises for the past several years have barely kept pace with inflation - when they even have them. Their 2009 annual report had revenue of 995 million with 863 million going to the membership as royalties.

Personally, I can't stand their senior management team. They have ice water in their veins, are more interested in covering their own asses than treating their employees with dignity and respect. They are also obsessed with driving their operating costs down, especially in the area of salaries. I'm not defending them, but I can't sit back and let something that is demonstrably false be put out there.