U.S. Congress - S.379 Performance Rights Act
S.379 - Performance Rights Act
A bill to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings. view all titles (3)
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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.
- Short: Performance Rights Act as reported to senate.
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10/15/2009--Reported to Senate amended. Performance Rights Act - (Sec. 2) Amends federal copyright law to: (1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters (AM and FM radio); and (2) modify the circumstances under which the public performaOfficial Summary
10/15/2009--Reported to Senate amended. Performance Rights Act -(Sec. 2)
Amends federal copyright law to:(1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters (AM and FM radio); and
(2) modify the circumstances under which the public performance of a sound recording is subject to statutory licensing.
(Sec. 3)
Establishes an annual flat fee in lieu of royalty payments for certain small, noncommercial, educational, and religious terrestrial broadcast stations that have annual revenues falling within specified ranges. Prohibits such annual fees from being taken into account in any Copyright Royalty Board rate-setting proceeding or in any other federal government proceeding. Includes broadcasts of religious services or incidental uses of musical sound recordings publicly by digital audio transmission among performances of a sound recording that are not copyright infringements.(Sec. 4)
Provides a per program license option for terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings.(Sec. 5)
Prohibits:(1) license fees payable for the public performance of sound recordings from being used in any governmental proceeding to set the license fees payable to copyright owners of musical works for the public performance of their works to adversely affect such license fees;
(2) a licensee of a sound recording from publicly performing such sound recording unless a license has been granted for the public performance of any copyrighted musical work contained in the sound recording;
(3) anything in this Act from adversely affecting the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works; and
(4) rates established by the Copyright Royalty Judges for the public performance of sound recordings from being used in any governmental proceeding to adversely affect license fees payable to copyright owners of musical works for the public performance of their works by terrestrial broadcast stations.
(Sec. 6)
Entitles a featured recording artist who performs on a sound recording that has been licensed for public performance by means of an audio transmission to payments from the sound recording's copyright owner in accordance with the terms of the artist's contract. Requires:(1) sound recording copyright owners to deposit 1% of the receipts from their licensing of public performance rights by means of an audio transmission into the American Federation of Musicians and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund for distribution to nonfeatured performers who have performed on sound recordings; and
(2) the Fund to pay 50% to nonfeatured musicians and 50% to nonfeatured vocalists.
(Sec. 7)
Amends the standard for ephemeral/temporary copies of sound recording license rates to:(1) apply rates that represent the "willing buyer-willing seller" standard and sets forth guidelines for determining rates; and
(2) provide that for transmissions pursuant to a public performance license rates shall be established covering the applicable public performances and the related making of phonorecords, and the royalty for the making of phonorecords used by the transmitting organization solely to facilitate transmissions for which it pays royalties shall constitute 5% of such payments.
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Obama Administration Backs Making Radio Pay Fees
...on the issue. It's unclear whether either chamber will bring the legislation to a vote this year. ——— The Senate bill is S.379. The House bill is H.R.848. ——— On the Net: http://thomas.loc.gov http://www.musicFIRSTcoalition.org http://www.na
Warwick Wants Performers Paid for Radio Play
...similar measures on the issue. It's unclear whether either chamber will bring them to a vote this year. ——— The Senate bill is S.379. The House bill is H.R.848. ——— On the Net: http://thomas.loc.gov http://www.musicFIRSTcoalition.org http://
Taking A Stand: Protecting local radio stations
...local broadcasters. Here are links to the two bills pending in Congress: H.R.848, sponsored by Rep. John Conyers (MI-14) and S.379, sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT). Your members of Congress need to hear that you strongly oppose these bills. ©2010
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Archivalia: Soll Hessen ein Schatzregal einführen?
Ein Schlüsselmotiv in der Geschichte des Mittelalters?, in: Landesgeschichte als multidisziplinäre Wissenschaft. Festgabe für Franz Irsigler, hrsg. von Dietrich Ebeling u.a., Trier 2001, S. 347-400, hier besonders S. 379-383. ...
STREET SPITTAS ENTERTAINMENT WE TALK IT! WE LIVE IT! WE SPIT IT ...
As you would expect, there are initiatives afoot to normalize the United States' stance on public performance; most specifically, bill S. 379, the “Performance Rights Act.” Here is a letter from Senator Leahy supporting granting ...
Zusatzaufgaben für Informatik II
Die Ausgabe soll Pm, Pzul, als auch die Zulässigkeit des Materials für den Anwendungsfall darstellen. Weitere Informationen und Formeln erhalten Sie in der Übung oder im Roloff/Matek S.379 + Tabellenbuch S.130 (Auflage18, Kapitel 12.3) ...
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