SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: provide for direct payment of statutory sound recording performance royalties to record producers (see H.R. 1457), H1801 [19MR]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (see S. 662), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 1283), H1611 [4MR]

——— provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings (see H.R. 1733), H2151 [13AP]

FCC: deny retransmission consent to a television station if a radio station of the same licensee transmits a recording without providing compensation and prohibit imposition of radio tuner mandates for mobile devices (see H.R. 1999), H2463 [23AP]

Federal employees: establish certain procedures for conducting in-person or telephone interactions by executive branch employees with individuals relative to audio recordings of such interactions (see S. 278), S589 [28JA] (see H.R. 2856), H4591 [23JN]

Law enforcement officers: reaffirm right of individuals to record law enforcement authorities and full protection of law to possess recording devices and data saved on such devices (see H. Con. Res. 41), H2464 [23AP]

Library of Congress: reauthorize sound recording and film preservation programs (see H.R. 4092), H8410 [19NO]

Paul, Les: tribute (see H. Res. 302), H3915 [4JN]

Remarks in House

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (H.R. 1283), H9198–H9201 [9DE], E1753 [9DE]

——— provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings (H.R. 1733), E465 [13AP]

Memphis, TN: tribute to Royal Studios for recording of ‘‘Uptown Funk’’, E550 [22AP]