Coalition of the music community that supports paying music creators when their work is played on any platform.
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The scariest thing on the radio this Halloween? Not paying performing artists a dime for their work. 👻
Let’s pass the American Music Fairness Act.
Your favorite country songs share a problem: AM/FM radio doesn’t pay the artists who sing them.
Their songs keep country radio running, and they deserve to get paid when radio plays them. Tell Congress to pass the American Music Fairness Act.
Read more in @people: people.com/gene-simmons-says…
Today we're celebrating #PublicRadioMusicDay and the stations that champion local and independent artists every day. Let's pass the American Music Fairness Act, which protects public radio and asks corporate broadcasters to finally pay artists.
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“That’s a loophole that is patently unfair, which means it’s un-American.”
Gene Simmons, co-founder of KISS, weighs in on the American Music Fairness Act and the push to compensate recording artists for traditional radio airplay.
@genesimmons @LidiaNews
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The FAIR MUSIC ACT. It’s time to pass this into the law of the land.
“That’s a loophole that is patently unfair, which means it’s un-American.”
Gene Simmons, co-founder of KISS, weighs in on the American Music Fairness Act and the push to compensate recording artists for traditional radio airplay.
@genesimmons @LidiaNews
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Please always consider doing your research, so that when you comment, you actually sound like you know what you’re talking about. ASCAP collects royalties for writers and publishers. That has nothing to do with “performance royalties”, meaning Elvis never wrote a song and therefore was never paid when his songs were actually played on AM and FM radio., next time, Do research.
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.@randytravis songs like “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “On the Other Hand” helped build country radio…yet AM/FM radio still doesn’t pay the artists who recorded them a cent for that airplay.
His wife, Mary Travis, testified last year that it’s time to do right by the artists. Pass the American Music Fairness Act.
We're working hard to pass the American Music Fairness Act.
The artists who earn $0 when their songs play on AM/FM radio work just as hard, and they deserve to be paid for it. Send Congress a letter: musicfirst.quorum.us/campaig…
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SoundExchange President and CEO @MikeHuppe joined @NewsNation to talk AI, music, and @Spotify's latest move to pull AI-generated tracks from their platform.
🤠 This Country Music Month we tip our hat to the history and artists of one the classic American genres.
But even the biggest country legends, from @GeorgeStrait to @mirandalambert, don't get paid when AM/FM radio plays their songs.
Stand with them and tell Congress to pass the American Music Fairness Act.
Well if that’s true, you can afford to pay artists.
Right now, artists earn $0 for AM/FM airplay. Send your members of Congress a letter today: musicfirst.quorum.us/campaig…
We <3 paying recording artists for their work…
Radio giants, like @iHeartRadio, make billions off music they didn't write and don't own, all while the recording artists make $0.
Let’s change that. #NoRadioWithoutRoyalties
NEW: Senator @MarshaBlackburn asks @USPTO Director John A. Squires about the American Music Fairness Act during today’s Senate Judiciary hearing.
It’s time for Congress to send this bill to @realDonaldTrump’s desk so every artist gets paid for the work they do.
Standing up for recording artists doesn’t have to be hard. Send a letter to congress and tell them to act now: musicfirst.quorum.us/campaig…
ICYMI: @KaceyMusgraves performed “I Will Always Love You” in a moving tribute to the late, great Dolly Parton last night at the VMAs.
