The Obama administration Thursday expressed “strong support” for legislation that would require radio stations to pay additional royalty fees to singers, marking the administration’s first public position on the highly contentious fight between broadcasters and musicians.
In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the Commerce Department’s general counsel called for passage of the Performance Rights Act to change a provision in the copyright law that currently exempts broadcasters from paying royalties to performers. Other broadcaters — including satellite and web radio services — already pay royalties to singers…..
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