---
id: "entity-bmi"
type: "entity"
entityType: "organization"
canonicalName: "BMI"
aliases: ["\\\"Broadcast Music", "Inc.\\\""]
source_timestamps: ["§ The Music Industry Precedent"]
tags: ["cmo", "music-industry"]
related: ["concept-collective-management-organizations", "entity-ascap", "framework-cmo-compensation"]
sources: ["tail1"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail1"
originDay: 1
articleStem: "hbr-tail-109-ai-pay-fair-rates-content"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-ai-companies-can-pay-fair-rates-for-the-content-they-need"
sourceTitle: "How AI Companies Can Pay Fair Rates for the Content They Need"
---
# BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.)

## Profile

A major music-industry **Collective Management Organization (CMO)**.

## Role in this source

Cited alongside [[entity-ascap|ASCAP]] as a successful historical model for managing collective licensing and royalty distribution at scale — the institutional template for [[concept-collective-management-organizations]] and Step 3 of the [[framework-cmo-compensation]].