The House Judiciary Committee has set a hearing for February 2 on the American Music Fairness Act (H.R. 4130). Congressman Joe Crowley, musicFirst Chairman, will host a virtual press briefing February 1 and look at results of a national survey that he claims shows growing public support for the legislation.
Crowley will look at new survey results that he claims undermines misleading claims made by corporate broadcasters such as iHeartRadio and their lobbyists at the National Association of Broadcasters. The NAB is fighting to help keep radio free from new taxes or fees.
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He can say & do whatever he wants. The Congress is not going to approve a new royalty where all parties are not in agreement. That’s how the Music Modernization Act was passed. The NAB was a participant in the MMA. Unless all parties (including the NAB) go to Congress with a completed bill that everyone approves, it will not even go to the floor for a vote.