May 28, 2009
Nashville’s and the nation’s music writers and performers may be really unhappy when they learn what the proposed performers royalty bill really does if it passes in Congress.
This bill will require radio stations to pay a so-called performers fee to play music “free” over the radio. Most performers/writers don’t realize [...]
You may remember, says Mike Masnick (pictured) on TechDirt, last year around this time, “a district court set a totally arbitrary royalty fee that AOL, Yahoo and RealNetworks had to pay ASCAP for music streamed over their services.”Now, reading [...]
The manner in which three foreign record labels, and a fourth run by a Canadian, are using the American legal system to quite literally terrorize innocent people as part of a bid to control online music distribution, is a scandal that’s been going [...]
By Jason Lee Miller - Sat, 05/09/2009
Legislators apparently unaware of First Amendment
I always thought that of all the amendments to the US Constitution, the first one was both the most memorable and the easiest to understand: You can [...]
PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts, May 14, 2009 — The founders of the Pittsfield CityJazz Festival have established a new independent identity as a non-profit organization, Berkshires Jazz, Inc. In addition to the Festival, the new group’s mission is to present jazz performances and promote jazz education throughout Berkshire County.
Edward Bride, chairman of the Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, was [...]
The Rev. Al Sharpton (pictured) has begun using his air chair at Radio One to let a longtime friend and advocate in Congress know that legislation he’s backing will hurt minority broadcasters.
Sharpton on Monday (May 11) began encouraging his audience to let rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, know [...]
LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER
Proposed new powers called ‘drastic federal intervention’
A pair of bills introduced in the U.S. Senate would grant the White House sweeping new powers to access private online data, regulate the cybersecurity industry and even shut down Internet traffic during a declared “cyber emergency.”
Senate bills No. 773 and [...]
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday May 13, 2009 discussed the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 (H. R. 2344). The bill successfully passed committee. The new bill was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and will reportedly be introduced in the Senate by Ron Wyden (D-OR). [...]
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