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2/4/2009--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 noncommercial, 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. Prohibits taking into account license fees payable for public performance via digital audio transmission of sound recordings in any proceeding to set or adjust the license fees for the purpose of reducing or adversely affecting such license fees. (Current law prohibits taking those fees into account in such a proceeding without referencing the purpose.) Prohibits anything in this Act from adversely affecting the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works. Prohibits taking into account the rates established by the Copyright Royalty Judges in any proceeding to reduce or adversely affect the license fees payable for public performances by terrestrial broadcast stations. Requires that such license fees for the public performance of musical works be independent of license fees paid for the public performance of sound recordings. Revises provisions relating to proceeds from the licensing of transmissions.

1242187200 2009-05-13 Tue Jan 05 19:54:42 -0600 2010 introduced 54754 'act':3 'rights':2 'performance':1 68553 false short introduced 54754 '17':10 'code':13 'titl':9 'unit':11 'radio':5 'right':7 'state':12 'pariti':3 'provid':2 'purpos':17 'perform':6 67834 false official action 54754 1242187200 Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194944 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. C000714 1929-05-16 16807 2426 Rayburn House Office Building http://conyers.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OnlineContactForm 14 202-225-0072 John 'd':4 'mi':5 '-14':6 'rep':1 'john':2,7,9 'conyer':3,8,10 M 400080 Conyers John_Jr.Conyers Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14] 6536 N00004029 15008 Democrat 202-225-5126 Baptist MI John Conyers 3.16923076923077 http://conyers.house.gov/ action 54754 1242187200 Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194944 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. calendar 54754 1242187200 Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194945 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 9. action 54754 1236657600 Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0500 2009 191168 Committee Hearings Held. action 54754 1233723600 Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 183230 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. action 54754 1233723600 Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 184220 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E202-203) introduced 54754 1233723600 Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 183229