Founded at a time when the prevalence of the rotary printing press made it reasonable to sell sheet music to the masses, Shapiro Bernstein has been at the forefront of all industry and technology advancements. From being the only founding member of ASCAP still in existence, to challenging injustices to songwriters which became landmark copyright cases, Shapiro Bernstein has helped songwriters thrive while ushering in advent of records, radio, film, tv, tapes, cd, downloads and streaming technologies.