Copyright Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
June 30, 2008
U.S. House Subcommittee Passes Bill to Provide Royalty Payments to Artists from Radio Broadcasters
Performance Rights Act of 2007
H.R.4789, 6/25/2008
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property (“House Subcommittee”) approved a bill seeking to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings. The bill, known as “The Performance Rights Act of 2007,” will remove a decades-old exemption in federal copyright law that excuses local radio stations from paying royalties to performers. The proposed legislation makes clear that nothing in the “Performance Rights Act” will adversely affect the current public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works.
The proposed legislation amends federal copyright law to grant performers…
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