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HR 5713 117th Congress House Commerce

Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021

Introduced: October 25, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Oct 25, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 25, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021

This bill allows certain individual music creator owners to collectively negotiate music licensing terms with dominant online music distribution platforms.

Individual music creator owners include musicians, producers, and technicians who own the copyright to a recording and either (1) earned less than $1 million in associated revenues during the prior year, or (2) qualify as a record production and distribution small business.

Dominant online music distribution platforms include interactive online services with annual revenues from music distribution of more than $100 million.

What's happening now October 25, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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