Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Grammy Creators Alliance Urge House Action on Copyright
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler urged the House Wednesday to move forward on Copyright Act revamp legislation, saying in a Huffington Post blog post that lawmakers should support “the effort to reform outdated copyright laws, do away with [the] government…
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standard for artist compensation, and make sure creators are paid fairly when other business[es] use our work.” More than 1,650 musicians and songwriters affiliated with the Recording Academy-backed Grammy Creators Alliance were to visit House members’ home district offices Wednesday to advocate for copyright legislation, Tyler wrote. Tyler co-founded the Grammy Creators Alliance earlier this year (see 1502090051) and has previously met with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., about the committee’s ongoing Copyright Act review. Goodlatte “really believes that the laws need to change so that songwriters and artists are paid fairly, and he is doing something about it,” Tyler said. “Big changes are happening right now in copyright reform as a result of massive technology changes and with the way fans pay for music and consume music. These changes can be a good thing for songwriters and up-and-coming artists, if we are paid fairly by those who make money using our work.” Tyler also attracted the attention of copyright stakeholders earlier this week when he sent a cease-and-desist letter to the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump urging the Trump campaign to stop using Aerosmith’s “Dream On” at campaign events. Trump’s campaign has agreed to stop using the song. “My intent was not to make a political statement, but to make one about the rights of my fellow music creators,” Tyler said.