'Fair Play, Fair Pay Act' Introduced, Seeks Pay from Radio Stations

The U.S. music industry is attempting yet again to get terrestrial radio stations to pay artists for the right to broadcast sound recordings. Today, four members of Congress -- House Democrats Jerrold Nadler, John Conyers Jr. and Ted Deutch and Republican House member Marsha Blackburn -- introduced the "Fair Play, Fair Pay Act of 2015," which, if passed, would require terrestrial radio stations to join satellite and internet radio and in making payments to performers for their broadcast on radio.

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