It is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the musical licensing organization.

Of course, 12 Miles West is pleased that no such single-minded action was taken, thanks to the benevolence of Samuel French Inc., the play's licensing organization.

In addition, contact your state's licensing organization to find out what providers are licensed in your area (adoption service providers generally must be licensed by the state in which they operate).

The company is thus a licensing organization, with local licensees manufacturing the mattresses under a common name for national marketing.

Overcoming these breakdowns can be difficult, but there are assorted means, including eminent domain, laches, patent pools, or other licensing organizations.

Last year, the group formed a joint licensing organization called Video Performances Ltd., abandoning the conventional practice of negotiating individually with music video services.

By 2010, Dr. Pugliese's textbook will be the global standard for licensing through the international licensing organization, CIDESCO.

There are also collective licensing organizations that collect hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties every year on behalf of composers.

Which titles are used depends on the particular licensing organization.

A potential difficulty with such systems is that the licensing organization makes its money by licensing more senders to use the tag-not by strictly enforcing the rules upon licensees.