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HR 1999 114th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Intellectual property Music Sound recording Telephone and wireless communication Television and film

Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act

Introduced: April 23, 2015 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Apr 24, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Apr 23, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 23, 2015
Introduced in House
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Protecting the Rights of Musicians Act

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to deny a television broadcast station the right to consent to retransmissions of the station's signal by cable systems or other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) 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. (Under current law, retransmission consent requirements prohibit cable systems or other MVPDs from retransmitting the signal of a television broadcasting station without the station's consent, which is generally obtained through a retransmission consent agreement under which the cable system or MVPD provides a negotiated payment or other consideration to the station in exchange for retransmission authority.)

Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from requiring mobile devices (with computing and communications functionality) to be equipped with a tuner for receiving the signals of AM or FM radio broadcast stations.

What's happening now April 24, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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