Respecting Artists with the American Music Fairness Act

Date:

Wed, 02/02/2022 - 10:00 AM

Location:

Zoom Video Webinar

Witnesses

Panel 1

Gloria Estefan

Singer, Songwriter, Musician, and Recording Artist,

Barry Massarsky

Partner and Co-Leader, Music Economics and Valuation Services Practice, Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC,

Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell

Engineer, Producer, Musician, and Owner, Royal Studios,

Curtis LeGeyt

President and CEO, National Association of Broadcasters,

Dave Pomeroy

President, Nashville Musicians Association, AFM Local 257,

Meeting Documents

A letter from Public Knowledge titled, "Letter for The American Music Fairness Act (H.R. 4130)" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

A letter from Sound Exchange titled, "Statement From Michael Huppe, President and CEO of SoundExchange" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

A letter from community broadcaster groups titled, "Letter for The AMFA (H.R.4130)" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

A letter from Copyright Alliance titled, "AMFA support hearing letter" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

A letter from Department of Professional Employees, AFL CIO titled "Statement from DPE AFL CIO President Jennifer Dorning for HJC AMFA Hearing" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

A letter from 50 state broadcast associations titled, "Letter to HJC for LRFA, H.Con.Res. 33 and opposed to AMFA, H.R. 4130" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Steve Chabot

An article from Radio Ink titled, "Will Ethnic Radio Survive In The U.S.A?" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Steve Chabot

A letter from W. Craig Fugate, Former Administrator of FEMA titled, "Performance rights" for the record submitted by the Honorable Steve Chabot

A letter from the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters titled, "Letter opposed to AMFA H.R.4130" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Steve Chabot

A letter from Jerrold Nadler and Doug Collins, for the record, submitted by the Honorable Steve Chabot

An article from Americans for Tax Reform titled, "A Performance Right is Not a Tax, Congress should Exit the Music Business" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Darrell Issa

Letter from Council for Citizens Against Government Waste titled, "CCAGW Urges House Judiciary Committee to Support H.R. 4130" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Darrell Issa

Hearing transcript titled, Performance Rights in Sound Recordings, submitted to the record by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

Hearing transcript titled, COPYRIGHT/CABLE TELEVISION, submitted to the record by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

Report from the Register of Copyrights titled, Report on Copyright Implications of Digital Audio Transmission Services, October 1991 for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

Report from The Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure titled, "The Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights - September 1995" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

Letter from the United States Department of Commerce on H.R. 4789 for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

Letter from the United States Department of Commerce titled, "Letter of support for S.379, The Performance Rights Act" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

Letter from the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office titled, "Letter for amending the Copyright Act" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler

Article from The Atlantic titled, "Is Old Music Killing New Music" for the record, submitted by the Honorable Andy Biggs

Letter from Dolly Parton Management in support of the Performance Rights Act, for the record

Report from The Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force titled, "Copyright Policy, Creativity and Innovation in the Digital Economy," for the record

Letter from Frank Sinatra to Bruce Springsteen in support of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976, for the record.

Letter from the Recording Academy titled, "Recording Academy Statement RE: House Judiciary Hearing on The American Music Fairness Act" for the record

An article from the Information Technology& Innovation Foundation titled, "American Music Fairness Act Is a Step in the Right Direction for Creating a Level Playing Field in US Copywrite Law, Says ITIF" for the record submitted by Sound Exchange.

Letter from the children/relatives/rights holders of Legacy Artists for the record, submitted by SoundExchange

Letter from the Society of Composers and Lyricists in support of the AMFA for the record.

Letter from PPL titled, "Letter from Peter Leathem, CEO of PPL, to Gebre Waddell, Chief Executive Officer of Sound Credit," for the record, submitted by Lawrence Boo Mitchell