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S. 2500

Performance Rights Act

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.

Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT](D-VT)Sponsor
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  1. Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

    Judiciary Committee
  2. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15918)

    Judiciary Committee
  3. IntroReferralB00100

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15917-15918)

  4. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate