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Music Modernization Act of 2018

Introduced: January 24, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 2018
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Jan 24, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Jan 24, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S501-505)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Music Modernization Act of 2018

This bill amends the copyright law to create a statutory blanket license for making and distributing nondramatic musical sound recordings, including through digital delivery. The blanket license allows digital music services to distribute sound recordings covered by the license without negotiating for the rights for each individual recording, as long as the music service complies with the license's requirements, such as paying the required royalties.

What's happening now May 15, 2018

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 5447 Related bill Music Modernization Act
  • HR 1551 Related bill Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act
  • S 2823 Related bill Music Modernization Act
  • HR 4706 Identical bill Music Modernization Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 9 Republican 9
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 14, 2018
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 9, 2018
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · May 7, 2018
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Apr 24, 2018
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 24, 2018
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Apr 19, 2018
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Apr 19, 2018
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Apr 11, 2018
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 19, 2018
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Mar 19, 2018
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 13, 2018
 R
Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Mar 6, 2018
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 1, 2018
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Mar 1, 2018
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Feb 28, 2018
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jan 24, 2018
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jan 24, 2018
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jan 24, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2334: Music Modernization Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2334/
MLA
"S. 2334: Music Modernization Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2334/.
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S. 2334, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2334/.
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