Lobbying Relationship

Client

BROADCAST MUSIC, INC.

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Lobbying firm

BROADCAST MUSIC, INC.

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  • Issues regarding songwriter compensation from public performance. Discussions regarding PL 115-264; Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act and public performance data. Discussions regarding Copyright and Artificial Intelligence.

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General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Small Business, Telecommunications

Spending: about $7,690,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Copyright Office, House of Representatives,, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Library of Congress (LOC)

Bills mentioned

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.978: A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3261: Stop Online Piracy Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.848: To require the Forest Service to accommodate, to the extent consistent...

Sponsor: Rodney Alexander (R-La.)

S.379: Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim Webb (D-Va.)

H.R.801: Truck Weight Uniformity Act of 2011

Sponsor: Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.)

H.R.5889: Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime...

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.2913: A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain plain shaft sputter...

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

H.R.30: Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act

Sponsor: Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)

S.352: American Energy Independence and Security Act of 2011

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.848: Performance Rights Act

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.379: Performance Rights Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.801: Fair Copyright in Research Works Act

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

H.R.5889: To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social...

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

S.2913: Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.30: 401Kids Family Savings Act of 2009

Sponsor: Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)

S.352: DTV Delay Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.628: To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to...

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.4279: Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of...

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.3325: Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.3578: Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act

Sponsor: Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)

S.256: Perform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.4789: Performance Rights Act

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

S.2500: Performance Rights Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.5889: Orphan Works Act of 2008

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

S.2913: Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.1353: Internet Radio Equality Act of 2007

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.7084: Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

H.R.1425: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at...

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.1201: Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007

Sponsor: Rick Boucher (D-Va.)

H.R.4137: Higher Education Opportunity Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.2591: A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, to provide an...

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

S.1273: CASE Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

H.R.5219: Ask Musicians For Music Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

S.2932: Ask Musicians for Music Act of 2019

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5035: Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)

S.2789: STAR Act of 2019

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Michael Collins Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director for U.S. Representative Tom Udall (NM-3). Legislative Director and Chief of Staff for Senator Tom Udall (NM).
Fred Cannon n/a

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Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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