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Performance Right
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CommLawBlog
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…
Broadcast Law Blog
NAB Board Comes to DC to Discuss Radio Performance Royalties – Is There a Deal in the Works?
The debate over the proposed performance royalty (or "performance tax") on over-the-air radio is once again front page news in all of the broadcast trade press, as radio executives who…
Broadcast Law Blog
Talk of A Settlement on the Terrestrial Radio Performance Royalty – What Would Broadcasters Get?
The broadcast trade press has recently been full of talk of the possibility of reaching a settlement with the recording industry on the adoption of a Performance Royalty for broadcast stations -paying performers…
Broadcast Law Blog
Monkee Business in DC: musicFIRST Capitol Hill Rally Shows that Broadcast Performance Royalty is Still Actively Being Pursued
In an email blast that went out this morning, the musicFIRST Coalition, the group organized to pursue a performance royalty on radio broadcasters for the use of music in their over-the-air broadcasts, announced…
Broadcast Law Blog
Copyright Office Issues Letter In Support of Broadcast Performance Royalty – Suggests that Economic Comeback for Radio Makes Royalty More Affordable
According to a letter from the Copyright Office that has recently been made public, the economic troubles of broadcasters, which have been used to argue against the imposition of a performance…
Broadcast Law Blog
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Broadcast Performance Royalty – With Issues Yet to Resolve
The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the bill to impose a performance royalty (or the "performance tax" as the NAB had called it) on radio broadcasters for the public performance…
CommLawBlog
Responding To A False Alarm?
By Harry Cole
A new front has been opened in the on-going struggle over the Performance Rights Act (PRA). MusicFIRST Coalition has tried to lure the FCC into the fray. And the FCC…
Broadcast Law Blog
The Broadcast Performance Royalty – Not Dead Yet, as Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearing on Tuesday
Even though the National Association of Broadcasters has been successful in getting about 240 Congressional Representatives (far more than a majority of the House of Representatives) to sign onto a…
Broadcast Law Blog
Pureplay Webcasters Settlement Agreement Published In Federal Register – 30 Days for Webcasters to Make a Choice
The Pureplay Webcasters settlement agreement, which we summarized here, was published in the Federal Register on Friday, starting the 30 day clock running for the election of the deal by…
CommLawBlog
Court Affirms Sat Radio Performance Royalty Rates
The D.C. Circuit has affirmed the performance royalty rate set by the CRB for satellite radio services. No big surprise there. But a separate concurring opinion from one member of…