Pro Music Rights (PMR) and its parent company Music Licensing, Inc. say that they are exploring legal action following US Representative Scott Fitzgerald’s request for a Federal Trade Commission investigation into the PRO’s business practices.
In a press release issued today (December 11), PMR rejected Fitzgerald’s Congressional letter, calling it “politically motivated” and containing “factually inaccurate assertions” about the company’s business, repertoire, and commitment to independent music creators.
The Wisconsin Republican’s December 8 letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson requested an investigation into whether PMR and AllTrack violated consumer protection laws through allegedly deceptive practices, particularly regarding misrepresentation of their music rights portfolios.
You can read the letter here.
According to the PMR press release, Chairman Jake P. Noch is “personally evaluating legal action” against Representative Fitzgerald, claiming the Congressman’s statements are “anti-Semitic, false, and damaging to his personal and professional reputation.”
Noch is claimed in the press release, which you can read in full here, to be “one of the few openly Jewish and pro-Israel senior executives in the U.S. PRO landscape,” alleging he has been “subjected to prejudicial and anti-Semitic commentary.”
The company said Fitzgerald’s assertion that PMR or Noch “feigns legitimacy” or engages in deceptive practices is “false, defamatory, and unsupported by the factual record.”
PMR also announced it is considering antitrust litigation against the MIC Coalition, incumbent PROs including BMI and ASCAP, and their member associations for “coordinated efforts to suppress independent competition and maintain market dominance.”
The company accused these organizations of leveraging “political influence to entrench dominance and portray independent competitors as threats,” rather than supporting “a competitive, creator-focused licensing ecosystem.”
PMR claimed the Congressional letter “cherry-picks commentary from other PROs submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office’s 2025 Notice of Inquiry, while disregarding the Office’s own findings.”
Fitzgerald’s letter questioned PMR’s claimed 7.4% US market share, with BMI’s analysis suggesting that figure would exceed the combined rights managed by SESAC and Global Music Rights.
PMR defended its transparency, stating it has “consistently and transparently disclosed its licensing practices, market share estimates, and repertoire information in official filings and public statements, including during the 2025 Copyright Office inquiry.”
The company claims to represent a catalog of more than 2.5 million works by artists including A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell, Fall Out Boy, and others, as well as works generated by artificial intelligence.
PMR claimed it “remains the only PRO that has consistently disrupted the status quo while advocating for fair treatment of historically marginalized or underpaid creators,” adding that no “competent authority” has ever found misconduct by the organization or its chairman.
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