Hearing on: H.R. 848, the "Performance Rights Act"
House Committee on the Judiciary
10 am
March 10, 2009
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
To addressing a long-standing royalty exemption granted to AM and FM radio.
Witnesses include Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan; the Recording Industry Association of America's Mitch Bainwol; the AFL-CIO's Paul Almeida; W. Lawrence Patrick; University of Texas professor Stan Liebowitz; and Steve Newberry on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters.