Local Radio Freedom Act

Bill Countering Performance Rights Act Gains Support in House

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2009 - 8:52am.
Washington - A bill that would counter the Performance Rights Act, which aims to establish payments for record labels and musicians for radio airplay in the U.S., "now has the backing of 220 members of the House, giving the anti-performance-royalties resolution majority support," Radio Ink Magazine reports.