Blackburn, Nadler Introduce Legislation for Music Copyright Modernization
Lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would require radio services “pay fair market value” to musicians. The Ask Musicians for Music (AM-FM) Act is from Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. Blackburn seeks to attach…
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its language to a Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act reauthorization measure, to secure a radio performance royalty (see 1911210052). The U.S. is an "outlier" for not requiring radio pay artists, "while requiring satellite and internet radio to pay,” Nadler said. RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier said the bill would require “broadcasters to get permission from music creators to use their music in the same way broadcasters are entitled to give permission for the use of their signal.” NAB opposed the measure. CEO Gordon Smith noted a bipartisan group of 201 House members and 25 senators co-sponsored the Local Radio Freedom Act, "a resolution opposing any new performance fee on local radio."