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Performance Rights Act
10 published works
Media Law Prof Blog
Full Performance Rights In Sound Recordings
Mary LaFrance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law, has published From Whether to How: The Challenge of Implementing a Full Public Performance Right in Sound Recordings at 2 Harvard…
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Expanding the Sound Recording Performance Right
Brian R. Day, The George Washington Law School, has published The Super Brawl: The History and Future of the Sound Recording Performance Right, in volume 16 of the Michigan Telecommunications…
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The NAB And The PRA: What’s Up With That?
Before the chatter gets out of hand, it might be useful to clarify what we know and what we don't know about reports that the NAB may be moving toward…
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Analyzing the Progress of the Performance Rights Act
Brian Richard Day, George Washington Law School, has published "The Super Brawl: The History and Future of the Sound Recording Performance Right," at 16 Michigan Telecommications and Technology Law Review 1…
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It’s ALIVE!!! Performance Rights Bill Approved By Senate Committee
It may not be surprising that the Senate Judiciary Committee passed S.379, the Senate's version of the Performance Rights Act, but the odds are still against the successful enactment of…
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Senate Judiciary Committee: Ignoring the Magic Number
Why has the Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled a hearing on the Performance Rights Act when the House version already has more than 240 opponents (and counting)?
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Dear Madame Speaker . . .
Last week, I delivered to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter urging her to look into the impact on minority broadcasters of the Performance Rights Act (PRA) pending before Congress.
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Performance Rights Supporters Win Battle But Face Mounting Enemy to Win the War
The House Judiciary Commitee passed an amended version of the "Performance Rights Act", but the number of Representatives on record as opposing this legislation has now increased to 192.
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NAB Seeks to Mow Down Performance Rights Act
With the Performance Rights Act creeping like a weed around Capitol Hill, the NAB is going grassroots.
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February 4: The Day the Music Started to Die?
Talk about irony. Just one day after the 50th Anniversary of "The Day the Music Died", legislation - the Performance Rights Act (PRA) - was introduced that could hasten the…