FROM Washington Examiner: Major singers are set to send a letter to congressional leaders in support of a bill that requires the radio industry to pay artists when their music is played.
The letter follows a bill that would make it mandatory to install AM radio in every new vehicle manufactured in the United States, which was marked up at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. These artists are demanding that performers not be left behind when considering legislation that benefits the radio industry.
The letter was signed by major artists including Barry Manilow, Lil Jon, Smokey Robinson, and Gloria Gaynor. Gaynor is a Kennedy Center Honoree this year.
“In the United States of America, every person deserves to be paid for the use of their work. But because of the power held by giant radio corporations in Washington, artists, both big and small, continue to be overlooked, even as every other music delivery platform, including streaming services and satellite radio, pays both the songwriter and performer,” the artists wrote.
“When you save the radio industry by mandating its technology remain in cars, we ask that you save the musician too and allow us to be paid fairly when our music is played,” they continued.
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