Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc

In Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 441 U.S. 1, 99 S.Ct. 1551, 60 L.Ed.2d 1 (1979), the Court examined a horizontal agreement under the Rule of Reason and found it to be legal under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. The Court specifically noted that the blanket licenses at issue were "to some extent a different product" and that there was no evidence that the creation of the new product was prompted by the purpose of restricting competition. Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 441 U.S. at 13, 22, 99 S.Ct. at 1559, 1563.