UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,          Plaintiff,                   v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS,    AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, et al.                Defendants.

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Civ. Action No. 41-1395 (relates to former Civ. Action No. 42-245) (WCC)

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the parties will move that the Court at the United States Courthouse, 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, New York on September 5, 2000, as set forth in the accompanying motion and supporting papers, vacate the Final Judgment (as amended) (known as the "Foreign Decree") in this action and dismiss this action without prejudice.

By a simultaneously filed joint motion in United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Civ. Action No. 41-1395 (S.D.N.Y.), the parties are requesting that the Court enter the proposed Second Amended Final Judgment, which will replace the Amended Final Judgment in that action dated March 14, 1950 as modified and amended. The proposed Second Amended Final Judgment incorporates the substantive provisions of the Foreign Decree in this action and, by its own terms, vacates the Foreign Decree in this action upon the effective date of the Second Amended Final Judgment.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________________ Mary Beth McGee (MBM 8841) Robert P. Faulkner Attorneys for the United States Antitrust Division Department of Justice 601 D Street, N.W. Room 10110 Washington, DC 20530 (202) 514-0385

____________________ I. Fred Koenigsberg (IFK 3259) White & Case LLP 1155 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-2787 (212) 819-8806 Richard H. Reimer, Esq. (RHR 7878) ASCAP Building One Lincoln Plaza New York, NY 10023 (212) 621-6261 John H. Shenefield Jonathan M. Rich (JMR 7796) Phillip C. Zane Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1800 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 467-7433 Attorneys for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Dated:

September 1, 2000 Washington, DC