HR 4789 110th Congress House Commerce Arts, Culture, Religion Copyright Fees Intellectual property Law Licenses Music Public broadcasting Radio broadcasting Radio stations Sound recording and reproducing

Performance Rights Act

Introduced: December 18, 2007 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

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Jun 26, 2008

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

Jun 26, 2008

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jun 11, 2008

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Jan 14, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

Dec 18, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Dec 18, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2606-2607)

Dec 18, 2007

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Performance Rights Act - Amends federal copyright law to: (1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters; (2) establish a flat annual fee in lieu of payment of royalties for individual terrestrial broadcast stations with gross revenues of less than $1.25 million and for non-commercial, public broadcast stations; (3) grant an exemption from royalty payments for broadcasts of religious services and for incidental uses of musical sound recordings; and (4) grant terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings a per program license option.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall adversely affect the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works.

What's happening now June 26, 2008

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

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