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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...


Prompted by Senator Sam Brownback's (R-KS) proposal that the Senate Judiciary Committee consider the Internet Radio Equality Act, Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-RI) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today expressed support for the notion that Internet radio royalties should be fair, and that the Committee should soon consider all types of radio royalties to recording artists and labels.

Senator Brownback's amendment was identical to the ...