While the American Music Fairness Act isn't fundamentally different from its predecessors, market conditions have changed and lawmakers sound more frustrated than before.
With the American Music Fairness Act back in the spotlight, A2IM president Richard James Burgess writes that AM/FM stations should have to pay for the songs they play.
The American Music Fairness Act was advanced by the House Judiciary Committee, though the bill is unlikely to pass before the new session of Congress convenes next month.
The passage of the American Music Fairness Act would deprive some European countries of an excuse to withhold radio royalties from U.S. artists.
