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Ralph is a specialist who has limited his legal practice to electronic discovery and tech law since 2006. He has a special interest in software and the search and review of electronic evidence using artificial intelligence, and also in general AI Ethics. issues. Ralph was the only private lawyer to participate in the 2015 and 2016 TREC Recall Track of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and prior to that competed successfully in the EDI Oracle research.

Ralph has been involved with computers, software, legal hacking and the law since 1980. Ralph has the highest peer AV rating as a lawyer and was selected as a Best Lawyer in America in four categories: Commercial Litigation; E-Discovery and Information Management Law; Information Technology Law; and, Employment Law -ASCAP: Change payment system for TV placements/Compensate for loss of revenue.

On July 9, 2012, when musicians all around the US checked their bank and ASCAP member accounts, many found their quarterly ASCAP royalty distribution payments for the 4th quarter of 2011 had unexpectedly dropped by 70-90%.

Many of these musicians rely on a majority of their income composing music and songs for television. They count on these checks to help pay their mortgages and feed their families.

We knew ASCAP was our performing rights organization. As a self proclaimed "organization owned and run by it's members" we were hopeful that the decrease in payments was a mistake.

SPECIFICS OF THIS CHANGE IN ROYALTY DISTRIBUTION PAYMENTS

Before the change was implemented, songs with lyrics played on a television show were paid at a