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All Information (Except Text) for S.2500 - Performance Rights Act 110th Congress (2007-2008)

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Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] (Introduced 12/18/2007)
Committees: Senate - Judiciary
Latest Action: Senate - 07/29/2008 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.  (All Actions)
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Performance Rights Act

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Official Title as Introduced

A bill to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings.

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12/18/2007 Introduced in Senate

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07/29/2008 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
12/18/2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15918)
Action By: Senate
12/18/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15917-15918)
Action By: Senate

Cosponsors (4)

Cosponsor Date Cosponsored
Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]* 12/18/2007
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]* 12/18/2007
Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]* 12/18/2007
Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] 01/28/2008

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Senate Judiciary 12/18/2007 Referred to
07/29/2008 Hearings by

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Introduced in Senate (12/18/2007)

Performance Rights Act - Amends federal copyright law to: (1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters; (2) establish a flat annual fee in lieu of payment of royalties for individual terrestrial broadcast stations with gross revenues of less than $1.25 million and for non-commercial, public broadcast stations; (3) grant an exemption from royalty payments for broadcasts of religious services and for incidental uses of musical sound recordings; and (4) grant terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings a per program license option.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall adversely affect the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works.