Artists Groups Backs Classics Act Passage
Led by eight music organizations, 213 artists back passage of the Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service and Important Contributions to Society (Classics) Act, which would ensure royalty payments to artists when music recorded before Feb. 15, 1972, is…
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played on digital radio. The coalition argued Tuesday the bill would close one of “copyright law’s most glaring loopholes” (see 1802080046). An advertisement has the artists saying digital radio earns billions of dollars a year on the older music, but the artists and copyright owners take home nothing due to ambiguity in state and federal copyright law. Among those signing were A2IM, the American Federation of Musicians, Content Creators Coalition, musicFIRST Coalition, Recording Academy, RIAA, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and SoundExchange.