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HR 4588 113th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Intellectual property Music Sound recording Television and film

Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act

Introduced: May 7, 2014 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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May 9, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
May 7, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 7, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt from retransmission consent requirements under which cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) are prohibited from retransmitting the signal of a television broadcasting station without the originating station's consent (which is generally obtained through a retransmission consent agreement under which the cable system or other MVPD provides a negotiated payment or other consideration to the station in exchange for retransmission authority) the retransmission of the signal of a television broadcast station if the licensee of such station is also the licensee of an AM or FM radio broadcast station that has transmitted a sound recording over such radio station without providing compensation for all programming carried over the signal.

What's happening now May 9, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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