The American Music Fairness Act was advanced by the House Judiciary Committee, though the bill is unlikely to pass before the new session of Congress convenes next month.
Marsha BlackburnUnlike satellite/online radio and streaming services, AM/FM stations pay only songwriter royalties on the music they broadcast. To rectify that, the AMFA legislation would establish fair market value for radio performance royalties in the same way it has been for those other platforms.
The bill was a response to the Local Radio Freedom Act, a non-binding resolution introduced in May 2021 by Rep. that opposes the imposition of a performance royalty, which proponents argue would be financially devastating for broadcasters. A companion resolution was introduced in the Senate by. Both resolutions are backed by the National Association of Broadcasters , which has long been opposed to enforcing a performance royalty payout on terrestrial radio.
The Recording Academy is a key supporter of the AMFA along with organizations including the AFL-CIO, the American Association of Independent Music , the American Federation of Musicians, the Recording Industry Association of America , SAG-AFTRA, SoundExchange and the musicFIRST Coalition. Over the past several weeks, more than 100 artists including Warwick,
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