US Congress House Bill 5219 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-21 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes that the copyright owner of a sound recording has the exclusive right to perform the recording through an audio transmission. Currently, the copyright owner's performance right generally only covers digital audio transmission, which excludes certain terrestrial radio stations. A radio station must obtain express permission from the copyright owner of the sound recording before making such a transmission, unless the transmission consists of a religious assembly or incidental use of the recording. A radio station with revenues of less than $1 million per year shall be deemed to have obtained permission by paying $500 per year to the copyright owner. A public broadcast entity or individual terrestrial broadcast station shall pay no more than $100 per year to obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Ask Musicians For Music Act of 2019

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-11-21	House	Introduced in House

SB2932 (Related) 2019-11-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5219/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5219/BILLS-116hr5219ih.pdf