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Performance Rights Act

What is the Performance Rights Act?

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The Performance Rights Act (H.R. 848 and S. 379) is bipartisan legislation that seeks to correct the fact that the U.S. is the only developed country on the planet that does not recognize the right of performers to be compensated when their music is played on broadcast radio.

Because more than half of the world’s music is American made, countries that recognize a performance right collect and keep hundreds of...

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Pelosi, Durbin Support PRA

The musicFIRST Coalition, of which AFTRA is a partner, 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.

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