From noperformancetax.org:

"...big record labels are trying to turn artists against their number one promotional vehicle by asking Congress to impose a performance tax on local radio"

THE FACTS: The campaign for a performance right officially began in 1935 by 700 performers (including Bing Crosby) as the National Association of Performing Artists (NAPA). Since then, singers and musicians from Frank Sinatra to Gladys Knight to Bruce Springsteen have spoken out in support of this basic act of economic fairness (what broadcasters conveniently and self-servingly call a "performance tax"). Record labels have never "turned artists against radio"; rather, artists have led the way (gaining labels' support) in the decades-old search for a performance right.