[BC] GOOD NEWS on Performance Royalties

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At 12:54 PM 6/3/2009, Tom Spencer wrote:
>JUST ARRIVED!
>
>Radio Business Report reports:
>
>Performance tax: Critical mass attained
>Five more members of Congress have signed on to the Local Radio 
>Freedom Act, giving opponents of the John Conyers' Performance 
>Rights Act enough muscle to stop it before it gets to the line of scrimmage.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 3, 2009

Dennis Wharton
202-429-5350

MAJORITY OF U.S. HOUSE
NOW OPPOSES PERFORMANCE TAX

-- Major milestone reached as House opposition hits 220; Senate 
opposition doubles --

WASHINGTON, DC -- A majority of U.S. House members is now publicly 
opposed to a record label-led effort to strap radio stations with new 
fees for airing music free to listeners, NAB announced today. The 
Local Radio Freedom Act, a bipartisan resolution that denounces the 
imposition of "any new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge" 
on radio for music airplay now has 220 House co-sponsors and 12 
Senate co-sponsors.