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Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed the Performance Rights Act, H.R. 848, which creates a public performance right for sound recordings in terrestrial broadcast radio. NMPA worked with Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and sponsor of the Performance Rights Act, and his staff to include important songwriter protection language in the bill, ensuring that songwriters are not harmed in the process of fairly compensating performers and record labels. NMPA has proposed a concept called "One Music" urging the entire music community to be supportive of each other regarding the value of music. For these reasons, we are pleased that the Performance Rights Act has passed the House Judiciary Committee. The next step is consideration by the full House of Representatives. The Senate has a similar bill (S. 379) that has not yet been reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. NMPA will continue to work with the Senate to make sure songwriters are not adversely affected.
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