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Is Radio Suppressing Pro-Performance Rights Act Artists?

I’ve touched on this in previous posts, as well as in wwtv #003. Here’s an update on Performance Rights Act (H.R. 4789).

[via Matthew Lasar @ Ars]

There’s a new battle developing in the bitter war over the Performance Rights Act—proposed legislation that would require terrestrial radio stations to pay royalties to the artists whose songs they broadcast. The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to hear comments on reports that radio station owners are “targeting and threatening artists who have spoken out in favor of the PRA,” with some going so far as refusing to play their music. The FCC is responding to a Petition for Declaratory Relief submitted by the MusicFIRST coalition, a group backed by the Recording Industry Association of America, SoundExchange, and various musicians’ groups.

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This entry was posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at 11:33 am. It is filed under wax and tagged with artist rights, payola, performance rights act, radio. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.