Join growing bipartisan chorus in support of Performance Rights Act
Watch Speaker Pelosi and Senator Durbin’s remarks at GRAMMYs on the Hill here. A copy of Speaker Pelosi’s remarks is available here. Read the Obama Administration’s letter here.
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2010—The musicFIRST Coalition today announced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin have added their voices to the growing, bipartisan chorus of support in favor of the Performance Rights Act, which would ensure that artists, musicians and rights holders are paid when their music is played radio stations. This comes on the heel of statements of support for musician royalties from the Obama Administration as well as support for a performance right royalty from Grover Norquist, anti-tax advocate and President of Americans for Tax Reform. This support was highlighted in an ad in today’s Roll Call, which was paid for by the musicFIRST Coalition, and can be viewed here.
Something everyone should agree is fair is that the creators of sound recordings and those that invest in that creation should be paid when their music is played by AM/FM radio. musicFIRST Coalition has created this ad that demonstrates the bi-partisan agreement we have on this issue.
A2IM is a member of the musicFIRST Coalition joining artists and labels across the United States asking Congress to right an 80 year old wrong by passing The Performance Right Act.
The Performance Right Act would require AM/FM radio stations to fairly compensate performing artists & the labels that invest in the creation of music whenever a radio station plays a song.
Learn more about The Performance Right Act by watching this video:
Know The Facts:
*When radio plays music, the recording artist isn’t paid.
*Radio stations are Wall Street-owned corporations making big profits.
*Performance right is a paycheck for middle-class musicians.
A2IM continues it’s ongoing pro-Intellectual Property protection advocacy in concert with other like-minded music organization. A major fight in this area has been against the Orphan Works Act, which for now appears dormant. Other advocacy issues include:
