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Obama White House Endorses Performance Fee for Radio-NAB Responds

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by Bob Hamilton 03/15/2011
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As if radio didn't have enough troubles as it struggles back after the economy and other new media has slammed it. Today, the White House officially sided with the record companies and endorsed the performance fee for playing the RIAA music on the radio. The National Association of Broadcasters was none too pleased at the announcement. Dennis Wharton responded with the following statement below...

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As Expected..Senate Judiciary Committee passes performance royalty measure

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by Bob Hamilton 10/15/2009
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Following the House Judiciary Committee several weeks ago the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would close a loophole in copyright law that would prevent record companies from demanding royalties for playing their music on the air. The MusicFirst coaltion, a lobbying group for the record industry issued a statement saying,

“Today we are one step closer to righting a wrong that has existed since the early days of radio; one step clos...

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ONE RADIO STATION...10,352 CALLS AND EMAILS A YEAR TO GET RECORD PLAY

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by Bob Hamilton 08/04/2009
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ORAL TESTIMONY OF STEVE NEWBERRY
BEFORE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Steve Newberry appeared before a Senate Committee today to talk about royalities for radio play of RIAA music. His speech is below and is one of the most concise pictures of what is really going on between radio and the RIAA music giants...If they are so concerned to get paid for play why do they spend so much money trying to get on the air? This is the most classic case of "havi...

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HOUSE OPPOSITION TO PERFORMANCE TAX GROWS

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by Bob Hamilton 07/16/2009
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40 lawmakers and 20 U.S. Senators.

"Day by day, more lawmakers are saying 'no' to multi-national record conglomerates and saying 'yes' to preserving local radio," said NAB Executive Vice President Dennis Wharton. "As the August Congressional recess approaches, NAB encourages all broadcasters to continue educating Congress on RIAA-backed legislation that would financially cripple radio stations providing free programming to 235 million listeners ...

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HOUSE JUDICIARY SUB-COMMITTEE PASSES RADIO ROYALTIES BILL

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by Bob Hamilton 06/26/2008
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"Hollywood's Congressman" Howard Berman, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property passed a bill today that would require radio station's to pay a royalty on every record they play to the record companies. The bill passed by voice vote, but opponents say the unanimous decision by the committee won't be matched in the full committee and the House. The NAB, which is in a fierc...

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NAB SAYS IT'S THREE VOTES AWAY FROM ENDING PERFORMANCE THREAT

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by Bob Hamilton 06/13/2008
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-- Four new House members, two Senators oppose RIAA performance tax in last 24 hours--

WASHINGTON, DC -- Thirteen senators and 215 House members are now on record in opposition to a record industry-backed effort to levy a "new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge" on local radio stations for music airplay. In the last 24 hours, four new House members and two additional Senators joined the growing chorus in opposition to a...

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Record company giants continue to push for broadcast performance

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by Bob Hamilton 06/12/2008
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Nancy Sinatra, Dave Navarro, Sugar Hill Gang and others appeared before Howard Berman's (the "representative from Hollywood") House subcommittee yesterday in Washington, imploring Congress to impose performance fees on radio. Berman is the author of legislation that would require all radio stations to pay the RIAA member record companies at least $5,000 a year for playing its records. The rates would be higher for stations who bill over $1.25 m...

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NAB Responds to RIAA Performance bills

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by Bob Hamilton 12/18/2007
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NAB Executive Vice President Dennis Wharton released a statement today in response to the introduction of legislation requiring America's hometown broadcasters to compensate the foreign-owned record labels for radio airplay of music. The House version of the bill was introduced by Reps. Howard Berman (D-CA) and Darrell Issa (R-CA). Companion legislation was offered in the Senate by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT).

Co...

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