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Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021
Legislative Progress
Introduced
October 25, 2021
Latest Action
October 25, 2021
Primary Sponsor
Theodore E. DeutchDemocratic(FL)
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vs 9,698 other HR bills in the 117th — cohort avg 63d
Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021 This bill allows certain individual music creator owners to collectively negotiate music licensing terms with dominant online music distribution platforms. Individual music creator owners include musicians, producers, and technicians who own the copyright to a recording and either (1) earned less than $1 million in associated revenues during the prior year, or (2) qualify as a record production and distribution small business. Dominant online music distribution platforms include interactive online services with annual revenues from music distribution of more than $100 million.
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Filing registrants (3)
2022 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
1. General copyright law reform (including matters relating to songwriter royalty payments, the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees, the section 115 mechanical license, intellectual property enforcement, modernization/reform of the U.S. Copyright Office, and felony streaming) 2. General algorithm legislation 3. H.R. 5447/S.2823/H.R. 1551, the Music Modernization Act 4. DMCA Reform 5. S. 3880, the SMART Copyright Act 6. H.R. 3953/S. 2072, The Unsubscribe Act 7. S. 2427, The Fair Contributions Act 8. H.R. 8531, The Restoring Artistic Protection (RAP) Act 9. H.R. 5713, Protect Working Musicians Act 10. S. 752/ H.R. 1945, The HITS Act
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $149,265 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Copyright Office
2022 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Performance rights information transparency. H.R.5713 - Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021. H.R.1945/S.752: HITS Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2022 · fourth_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Consolidation and other competition issues in the radio industry. Competition and consumer protection issues related to music streaming services. H.R.5713 - Protect Working Musicians Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Consolidation and other competition issues in the radio industry. Competition and consumer protection issues related to music streaming services. H.R.5713 - Protect Working Musicians Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Performance rights information transparency. H.R.5713 - Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
1. General copyright law reform (including matters relating to songwriter royalty payments, the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees, the section 115 mechanical license, intellectual property enforcement, modernization/reform of the U.S. Copyright Office, and felony streaming) 2. General algorithm legislation 3. H.R. 5447/S.2823/H.R. 1551, the Music Modernization Act 4. DMCA Reform; 5. S. 3880, the SMART Copyright Act 6. H.R. 3953/S. 2072, The Unsubscribe Act 7. S. 2427, The Fair Contributions Act 8. H.R. 8531, The Restoring Artistic Protection (RAP) Act 9. H.R. 5713, Protect Working Musicians Act 10. H.Con.Res. 33, Local Radio Freedom Act
Client expense: $142,678 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Copyright Office
2022 · second_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Consolidation and other competition issues in the radio industry. Competition and consumer protection issues related to music streaming services. H.R.5713 - Protect Working Musicians Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Performance rights information transparency. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) reform. H.R.5713 - Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Consolidation and other competition issues in the radio industry. Competition and consumer protection issues related to music streaming services. H.R.5713 - Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · fourth_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Consolidation and other competition issues in the radio industry; Competition and consumer protection issues related to music streaming services; Protect Working Musicians Act (H.R. 5713).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Copyright Office