ISSA INTRODUCES BILL ENSURES FAIR PAY FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS
ISSA INTRODUCES BILL ENSURES FAIR PAY FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS Issa Introduces Bill That Ensures Fair Pay for Performing Artists Press Release Apr 5, 2017 Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee for Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet along with Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) – a member of the Subcommittee – introduced bipartisan legislation that would fix a decades-old inequity in copyright law that allows terrestrial radio stations to play music without compensating performers. H.R 1914, the Performance Royalty Owners of Music Opportunity To Earn Act of 2017 (PROMOTE Act) would allow performing artists to opt out of having their music played on the radio if the performing artist is not being paid an agreed-upon performance royalty. Congressman Issa: “The PROMOTE Act calls the bluff of both sides in the debate over performance rights. The terrestrial stations playing these wor...