Letter to Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee on a Terrestrial Public Performance Right

Post publish date: July 9, 2020

The Copyright Alliance sent a letter to Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee Chairman Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Ranking Member Chris Coons (D-DE) voicing support for a terrestrial public performance right for sound recordings in light of the Subcommittee’s recent briefing on the Scope of Music Rights within the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In urging Congress to take up this issue, the letter highlights the fact that “the United States is one of the few countries in the world that does not recognize a full public performance right for sound recording owners”