Texarkana Gazette: Lawmakers eye fees to play music
23 November 2009
It’s a twist on the chicken and the egg debate: Do recording artists need radio or does radio need recording artists?
There’s a congressional measure being considered that could affect what your favorite radio station plays. Its short name is the Performance Rights Act and it’s geared at making radio stations pay to play music.
The measure isn’t to be confused, though, with the royalties songwriters and publishers get each time their songs are played. Radio stations already pay those fees to organizations ...