Radio royalties back on US Congressional agenda - including a bizarre “do nothing” bill

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Radio royalties back on US Congressional agenda - including a bizarre “do nothing” bill

Two competing bills relating to the proposal that American radio stations should start paying royalties to recording artists and record labels are back on the agenda for US Congress to consider during its new term. Both bills have been doing the rounds in Washington for some time now. One proposes changing the law to introduce a radio royalty for recordings. The other, somewhat bizarrely, proposes doing nothing, so that US radio stations can con…