The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an unincorporated membership association that aggregates the licensing authority of thousands of composers, authors, lyricists and music publishers, and issues licenses affording users access to its collection of musical works. ASCAP represents approximately 200,000 songwriter and publisher members licensing a repertoire of over 4,000,000 copyrighted works. Each member has granted ASCAP a non-exclusive right under 17 U.S.C. §106(4) to license the nondramatic public performance rights to his or her compositions. ASCAP collects and redistributes royalties to its members.