MUSIC REFORM: MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT DELIVERS RECORDING ACADEMY™'S VISION FOR UNITY
NEW BIPARTISAN BILL IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNITES MUSIC CREATOR ISSUES, INTRODUCES COMPREHENSIVE MUSIC REFORM Courtesy of the Recording Academy™/WireImage.com, photo by Paul Morigi© 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. (APRIL 10, 2018) — On the heels of the House Judiciary Committee field hearing on copyright issues hosted during GRAMMY ® Week, Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) today introduced the Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447). A victory for all music creators, the bill brings music legislation into the 21st century and harmonizes the music industry with one comprehensive piece of legislation that aligns copyright law with the new music ecosystem, a position advocated by the Recording Academy™ since 2014, when Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow testified before Congress . The bill unites provisions from four previously introduced bills—the Allocation for Music Producers (AMP) Act, the CLASSICS Act, the Fair Play Fair Pay A...