MOMENTUM CONTINUES ON MUSIC REFORM WITH SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING
Today, before the Senate Judiciary Committee , members of the Recording Academy will join executives from the music industry to testify on # Capitol Hill about how current copyright law has impacted them and urge the committee to pass the # MusicModernizationAct RECORDING ACADEMY™ HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO UPDATE MUSIC LAWS WITH CREATOR TESTIMONY WASHINGTON, D.C. ( May 15, 2018 ) — Today, members of the Recording Academy™ joined executives from across the music industry to testify on Capitol Hill about the current state of music law. Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, witnesses spoke of how current copyright law has impacted them and urged the committee to pass S. 2823, the Music Modernization Act. The companion bill to H.R. 5447 – Music Modernization Act, which unanimously passed the House of Representatives less than a month ago, S. 2823 provides the first major reform to music copyright law in decades. Sixteen committee members attended the hearing,...