US Congress passes ‘music modernisation act’

US Congress passes ‘music modernisation act’

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norman lebrecht

April 26, 2018

A Music Modernization Act passed the House of Representatives last night by 415 votes.

The bill, HR 5477, is being pushed by the music industry and has bipartisan sponsors in Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). It is supposed to improve copyright protection.

Its title led me to think there might be a Schoenberg and Boulez clause, but no….

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