* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Welch
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of Federal Legislation - Senate Concurrent Resolution 14/ House Concurrent Resolution 49 - Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act
FOR the purpose of expressing support for the Local Radio Freedom Act that declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the broadcast of sound recordings over the air by a local radio station; requesting the Honorable Members of the Maryland Delegation to the 111th Congress to support the concurrent resolutions; and urging the President of the United States to impose the will of the Congress should this legislation be adopted.
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This non-binding legislation, first introduced in the House in February, in response to pressure from the record industry (S. 379/H.R. 848 – Performance Rights Act ) to revoke the exemption that terrestrial radio stations have enjoyed by not paying performance rights fees to musicians, has 259 co-sponsors in the House and 26 in the Senate. Responding to protests from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and small and minority-owned local radio stations, whose very existence is threatened, the legislation seeks to maintain the exemption.
The legislation notes that the United States enjoys broadcasting and sound recording industries that are the envy of the world due to ...
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