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Tue Sep 18, 2018, 09:34 PM Sep 2018

Senate Passes The Music Modernization Act!

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/a-momentous-day-as-us-senate-passes-music-modernization-act/


‘A MOMENTOUS DAY’ AS US SENATE PASSES MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT

The passing of the bipartisan bill, which was co-sponsored by more than 80 Senators, sets into motion an overhaul of music licensing legislation in the US.

The comprehensive bill includes the CLASSICS Act, legislation that guarantees artists and labels who recorded music before 1972 a federal right to be paid for those recordings when played by digital radio outlets.

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