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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Performance Right Act
The Senate Finance Committee has voted to approve the Performance Rights Act to impose performance royalties on broadcast radio. The bill, which would grant royalties to copyright owner to be divided with artists, was introduced by Finance Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and today's vote is not a surprise. The House version of the PRA has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who introduced the bill. But no votes have been scheduled in the full House or Senate, and the PRA is still a long way from becoming law. The Local Radio Freedom Act, a resolution opposing performance royalties for broadcast radio on principle, has strong support in both bodies -- it has long had the backing of the majority of the House, and more than two dozen senators have signed on. The LRFA is non-binding, and co-signing it doesn't obligate any lawmaker to ultimately vote against the PRA, but the resolution's strong support may well discourage at least the PRA's House backers from attempting to bring the bill to a floor vote this year. If the bill does ultimately go through in the House and Senate, theversions would need to be reconciled in conference beforea final billwould be forwarded to President Obama. The NAB is fighting fiercely against the PRA, on the grounds of radio's considerable promotional value to record labels and artists, and on the grounds that it could be devastating to an industry that is already struggling financially. A number of civil rights groups, including the MMTC and the Spanish Radio Association, wrote to Leahy earlier this week to oppose the bill, saying it could put as many as one-third of minority broadcasters into bankruptcy.
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