153 Articles match "Committee","Issues"

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• Broadcast Performance Royalty Passes House Judiciary Committee - A Work In Progress
  
  The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee today approved a bill that would impose, for the first time, a royalty on radio broadcasters for the public performance of sound recordings in their over-the-air broadcasts. It was, as Representative Shelia Jackson Lee of Texas stated, still a "work in progress."
  Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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• Judiciary Committee Extends Review of Shield Bill
  
  The Massachusetts legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary has extended to May 7 the date by which it must report for or against a shield bill that would protect journalists' confidential sources. March 17 was the deadline for the committee to issue a report on the bill, but an extension order gives the committee until May 7.
  Media Law - Thursday, March 25, 2010
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• Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Broadcast Performance Royalty - With Issues Yet to Resolve
  
  The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the bill to impose a performance royalty (or the "performance tax" as the NAB had called it) on radio broadcasters for the public performance of sound recordings on their over-the-air stations. Senator Feinstein of California discussed several of the issues. Time will tell.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Thursday, October 15, 2009
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• House Committee Passes Bill to Allow for More LPFM Stations - With Some Protections for Existing Broadcasters
  
  With this committee approval coming at the same time as the Senate Judiciary Committee's approval of a bill that would authorize a sound recording performance royalty on radio broadcasters' over-the-air programming, this was not a good day legislatively for traditional broadcasters. The bill does not specify that remedy for LPFM.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, October 18, 2009
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• Remember FCC Public File Obligations When Running Issue Advertising
  
  In addition to these ads targeting specific potential candidates, there are issue ads running across the country on various issues pending before Congress, or likely to be considered by Congress in the near term. Even ads dealing with state or local issues (e.g. Maintain those files – and stay out of potential FCC trouble.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, May 3, 2009
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• Judge Orders ASCAP Fees for Radio to Drop - On an Interim Basis
  
  As we have written before, the Radio Music Licensing Committee (representing most commercial radio broadcasters), has been trying to renegotiate the rates charged by both ASCAP and BMI downward from their current levels. Besides the rates, which are clearly the major issue, there are other matters to be decided in a rate court proceeding.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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• Public Intellectual Property Political "A Team"--Intellectual Property Action Committee
  
  As a result, the Intellectual Property Political Action Committee (IPAC) , an organization devoted to a grassroots IP educational drive for the people and the politicians alike, is one of this year’s most significant political developments for IP. Kaiser Wahab.
  BizMediaLaw - Sunday, December 5, 2004
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• Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Radio Performance Royalty and Platform Parity for Webcaster Royalties
  
  On Tuesday, just before the Senate recesses for its summer vacation, an abridged version of the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the proposed sound recording performance royalty for over-the-air radio. Neither of these issues was discussed in depth at the hearing. But a multitude of other issues were raised in the hearing.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Thursday, August 6, 2009
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• Will TV Channel 6 Be Used For Radio? - MMTC Petition Raises the Issue, Again
  
  In recent weeks, we have seen many stations, including those in major markets (like Chicago), petition the FCC to move abandon their VHF operations and move to a UHF channel for their digital operations, citing these reception issues. recent article in TV NewsCheck raises that same issue.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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• The Broadcast Performance Royalty - Not Dead Yet, as Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearing on Tuesday
  
  In fact, if anything, these efforts by the recording industry and related associations have intensified - and will be reflected in a hearing to be held by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday afternoon. The hearing on Tuesday is but one more demonstration that the issue is not dead yet.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, August 2, 2009
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