U.S. Congress - S.2500 Performance Rights Act
S.2500 - Performance Rights Act
A bill to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings. view all titles (2)
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- Official: A bill to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings. as introduced.
- Short: Performance Rights Act as introduced.
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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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Moses Supposes » Blog Archive » ITâS TIME FOR ARTISTS TO GET PAID
The Bill before you, S. 2500 Performance Right Act means keeping the US consistent with other nations when it comes to compensating people like me for their work when itâs played on commercial radio. ...
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RAIN 7/24: Webcasters' voices needed for Tuesday Senate hearing
SAVE NET RADIO NEEDS WEBCASTER STATEMENTS FOR TUES SENATE HEARING: Save Net Radio is collecting statements from bona fide webcasters for a Senate hearing on the Performance Rights Act (S. 2500), scheduled for Tuesday (July 29, 2008). ...
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