Florida Songwriters Association is registered to meet locally with our representative in Congress during District Advocate Day on October 6, 2022 to discuss the importance of the creative community. We’ve seen tremendous success in past years – from the House passing the CASE Act just weeks after District Advocate in 2019, to successfully urging Con …
As streaming services continue to look for ways to avoid paying music creators the royalties they are owed, five United States Senators have stood up for songwriters in a recent letter to the United States Copyright Office. Every five years, the Copyright Royalty Board determines the royalty rates that streaming services must pay t …
This World Music Day, the Recording Academy is taking time to celebrate the role music plays globally. But also, it’s reflecting on the ways the United States government can continue to make improvements for the music community. These take the form of key pieces of legislation that would have positive ramifications for music creators around the worl …
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 — better known as the Omnibus package — was signed by President Biden on March 15 after Congress passed the $1.5 trillion spending bill on March 11. This package covers funding for the entire government for the current fiscal year (through September 30) after more than a year of budgets set based on FY202 …
A recent House Judiciary Committee hearing on the American Music Fairness Act received supportive press across the nation and continued to collect endorsements for the legislation. What’s more, it also marked a rare showing of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. On Twitter, one such vote of confidence came from the desk of House Judiciary Democrat …
The U.S. Copyright Office has designated entities to serve as the mechanical licensing collective (MLC) and the digital licensee coordinator (DLC) under the Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (MMA). The MMA directs the Register of Copyrights to designate a nonprofit entity operated by copyright owners as the MLC, which w …
To help the creative minds, including songwriters from all genres of music, professional and amateur, who are committed to protecting the rights and future of the profession of songwriting.