The musicFIRST Coalition, a group representing labels and artists’ organizations,...
The musicFIRST Coalition, a group representing labels and artists’ organizations, said it opposes the recently introduced Local Radio Freedom Act (H.Con. Res. 16). The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas, aims to clarify Congress’s opposition to any new charges…
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for radio stations that play recorded music. But the bill attempts to “lock members of Congress into an unbalanced position based on an outdated, anti-music loophole,” said musicFIRST Executive Director Ted Kalo in a news release Tuesday. “We're urging members to allow the judiciary committee to find consensus solutions on music licensing legislation before supporting the deeply flawed and widely discredited arguments made in the resolution. If we value music, we should value those who create it.”