U.S. Congress - H.R.4789 Performance Rights Act
H.R.4789 - Performance Rights Act
To provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Performance Rights Act as introduced.
- Official: To provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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Official Summary
12/18/2007--Introduced.Performance Rights Act - Amends federal copyright law to: (1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters; (2) establish a flat annual fee in lieu of payment of royalties for individual terrestrial broadcast stationOfficial Summary
12/18/2007--Introduced.Performance Rights Act - Amends federal copyright law to:
(1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters;
(2) establish a flat annual fee in lieu of payment of royalties for individual terrestrial broadcast stations with gross revenues of less than $1.25 million and for non-commercial, public broadcast stations;
(3) grant an exemption from royalty payments for broadcasts of religious services and for incidental uses of musical sound recordings; and
(4) grant terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings a per program license option.
Provides that nothing in this Act shall adversely affect the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works.
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