Press Release
| NMPA Welcomes the Introduction of the Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act March 06, 2006 | ||
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WASHINGTON, DC – National Music Publishers’ Association President and CEO David Israelite today released the following statement regarding the Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act: “The NMPA strongly supports the Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act. Songwriters and music publishers want consumers to have increased access to music in the emerging digital marketplace. They only ask that they get reasonable compensation for their hard work. “The NMPA is very appreciative of Congressman Mike Ferguson’s help in protecting the property of those who create music. The Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act will encourage the digital marketplace to thrive, while ensuring that songwriters and music publishers are compensated for their creative work. “Requiring radio services to get the appropriate licenses is only fair. Innovation depends on everyone involved in the process playing by rational rules.” Last week, Commerce Committee Member Rep. Mike Ferguson (R.-NJ) introduced the Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act of 2006, authorizing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose licensing conditions on digital audio radio that use government spectrum to protect against the unauthorized distribution of transmitted content, through an audio broadcast flag. Joining Ferguson as original co-sponsors are Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA), Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). About the NMPA Founded in 1917, The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is a trade association representing more than 600 American music publishers. The NMPA’s mandate is to protect and advance the interests of music publishers and their songwriter partners in matters relating to the domestic and global protection of music copyrights. Music publishers control the copyrights for the underlying compositions of songs on behalf of the songwriters they represent. The NMPA is the leading trade association in the United States for music publishers, and advocates for their interests, as well as for their songwriter partners, by protecting, upholding, and advancing their valuable copyrights. The Harry Fox Agency, Inc., a subsidiary of the NMPA, is the premier U.S. mechanical rights organization. |
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