118th Congress Commerce
H.R. 791: American Music Fairness Act of 2023
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Summary
American Music Fairness Act of 2023
This bill establishes that the copyright holder of a sound recording shall have the exclusive right to perform the sound recording through an audio transmission. (Currently, the public performance right only covers performances through a digital audio transmission in certain instances, which means that nonsubscription terrestrial radio stations generally do not have to get a license to publicly perform a copyright-protected sound recording.)
Under the bill, a nonsubscription broadcast transmission must have a license to publicly perform such sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board must periodically determine the royalty rates for such a license. When determining the rates, the board must base its decision on certain information presented by the parties, including the radio stations' effect on other streams of revenue related to the sound recordings.
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Terrestrial broadcast stations (and the owners of such stations) that fall below certain revenue thresholds may pay certain flat fees, instead of the board-established rate, for a license to publicly perform copyright-protected sound recordings.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Ted Lieu D-CAOriginal
- Tom McClintock R-CAOriginal
- Jerrold Nadler D-NYOriginal
- Mark Green R-TN
- Judy Chu D-CA
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA
- Lloyd Doggett D-TX
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Steve Cohen D-TN
- Brad Sherman D-CA
- Julia Brownley D-CA
- Dwight Evans D-PA
- Jimmy Gomez D-CA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Darrell Issa SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Darrell Issa.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.