Watt Bill Would Require Broadcasters to Pay Performance Royalties

摘要

Terrestrial radio stations would have to pay performance royalties under a bill by House JudiciaryrnIntellectual Property Subcommittee ranking member Mel Watt, D-N.C., introduced Monday. It was metrnwith applause from artists' rights groups such as the musicFIRST coalition and the American Associationrnof Independent Music (A2IM), but NAB criticized the legislation as harmful to local broadcasters. Thernbill follows July comments from Watt previewing a bill that he had said would "incentivize the parties tornnegotiate in good faith," and that would be introduced by early August.