Pandora(s p) and Sirius XM(s siri) already pay far more in copyright royalties than AM/FM stations, but that’s not stopping the music industry from demanding that Congress force the digital radio services to pay even more.
This week, SoundExchange, a royalty collection service, announced a heart-tugging campaign called “Project 72.” The campaign is to back the “RESPECT Act,” a law proposed by George Holding (R-NC) and John Conyers (D-MI) that would require digital radio services to pay performance royalties for pre-1972 recordings.
As it stands, Sirius and Pandora don’t pay to perform these early recordings since they are not covered by federal copyright law.
The industry claims the issue is one of fairness, arguing that the earlier recordings deserve the same protection as the later ones. And, of course, SoundExchange is churning out quotes by famous acts like The Beach Boys and Cyndi Lauper that urge Congress to “do right by legacy artists” such as Aretha Franklin.
Sounds fair, right? After all…
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