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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- Short: Performance Rights Act as reported to senate.
- Short: Performance Rights Act as introduced.
- Official: A bill to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings. as introduced.
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Latest Action Oct 15, 2009Placed on Senate Legislative Calenda... Related Bills (1) & Issues (8) Users Tracking S.379 (21)
Official Summary
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; and
(2) modify the circumstances under which the public performance of a sound recording is subject to statutory licensing. Establishes 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. Grants:
(1) an exemption from royalty payments for broadcasts of religious services and for incidental uses of musical sound recordings; and
(2) terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings a per program license option. Prohibits anything in this Act from adversely affecting the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works.
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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
Senate Judiciary Committee approves radio royalty bill
We, along with the artists whose music we play, strongly support this new legislation called the Performance Rights Act (S. 379) and hope that you'll lend ...
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Ausgelesen: Leipzig im Mammut-Werk "Die Verwandlung der Welt ...
Berlin, Leipzig, Glasgow, Budapest und München mit 8-11 Prozent Zuwachs per annum zu den am schnellsten wachsenden Großstädten“ gehörten (S. 379). Natürlich wird Napoleons Scheitern „auf den Schlachtfeldern bei Leipzig“ gewürdigt, ...
Warwick wants performers paid for radio play : Luke Judge
Committees in the House as well as Senate have authorized identical measures upon the issue. It's misleading whether either cover will move them to the opinion this year. The Senate check is S.379. The House check is H.R.848. ...
The Communique
So members of Congress have proposed two bills, H.R. 848 and S. 379, that would require radio stations to pay fees to record labels and performing artists for the right to play the music. This worries some people, ...
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