hr 848 performance rights act
Here’s the second half of the interview with Singer-Songwriter Alice Peacock and Founder and President of Alligator Records Bruce Iglauer about HR-848, the Performance Rights Act. [1]
A featured recording artist who performs on a sound recording that has been licensed for public performance by means of a digital audio transmission shall be entitled to receive payments from the copyright owner of the sound recording in accordance with the terms of the artist’s contract. [2]
It is time for the recording industry to embrace the changing times & quit using the government to force terrestrial/satellite radio also internet radio & internet streaming video services into paying royalties. [...] 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. [...] 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. [3]
Prohibits anything in this Act from adversely affecting the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works. [4]
This episode is the first half of an interview with Alice Peacock, singer-songwriter and past president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and Bruce Iglauer, Founder and President of Alligator Records, the world’s largest independent Blues Record Label. [5]
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H.R. 848 would provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code. [3]
In particular, the Act 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. [2]
The Performance Rights Act (HR 848) is a bill that would require terrestrial (FM/AM) radio companies to pay performance royalties on the music they air. [4]
And, the slimy, ignorant, “pay to play” parasites that comprise our “government” are just screaming for Americans to start erecting gallows and guillotines a la the French Revolution. [3]
Theme is an edited (by Kim Fenolio) version of Vertigo by Brian Gardner. [1]
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. [2]
The pending House legislation, H.R. 848, and its companion bill in the Senate, S.379, would require broadcasters to pay artists and performers a fee for broadcasting their recorded works. [4]
Sources:
[1] 097 - Performance Rights Act Part 2 | With A Voice Like This
[2] Judiciary Committee holds hearings on HR 848, the “Performance Rights …
[3] WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 848, The Performance Rights Act
[4] OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - H.R.848 Performance Rights Act
[5] 096 - Performance Rights Act Part 1 | With A Voice Like This