H.R. 5713 · 117th Congress
Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021
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This bill allows certain individual music creator owners to collectively negotiate music licensing terms with dominant online music distribution platforms.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 25, 2021
Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021
This bill allows certain individual music creator owners to collectively negotiate music licensing terms with dominant online music distribution platforms.
Individual music creator owners include musicians, producers, and technicians who own the copyright to a recording and either (1) earned less than $1 million in associated revenues during the prior year, or (2) qualify as a record production and distribution small business.
Dominant online music distribution platforms include interactive online services with annual revenues from music distribution of more than $100 million.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Protect Working Musicians Act of 2021
Latest action (Oct 25, 2021): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 25, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.