The American Music Fairness Act would compel AM and FM broadcasters to compensate artists, in line with requirements already imposed on digital broadcasters and streaming services.
Members of Congress from both parties introduced legislation this week meant to close a loophole that gets radio stations off the hook from paying artists for broadcasting their music.“The United States is the only democratic country in the world in which artists are not paid for the use of their music on AM and FM radio,” bill co-sponsor Sen. Marsha Blackburn told The Post in a statement.
2 NYers ID'd as DC plane crash victims, with 36 others yet to be recovered from the site: officials, familiesMusicians are bilked of at least $200 million in annual royalties due to the lack of payments from AM and FM stations,“Radio conglomerates operating thousands of AM/FM stations across the U.S.
“The recording industry continues its uncompromising pursuit of this one-sided proposal that would upend the relationship between artists and broadcast radio,” the National Association of Broadcasters Larger radio organizations would be subject to rates determined by the Copyright Royalty Board, which operates under the auspices of the US Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.
“We have heard the new scheme works in this manner: Radio stations and networks offer more airtime for an artist’s songs if the artist performs a free show,” she told FCC Chair Brendan Carr. “There is often an implicit suggestion that declining to perform could result in reduced airplay.”
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