Lobbying Relationship

Client

Pandora

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Lobbying firm

Forbes-Tate

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  • Issues related to music licensing and royalty payments and copyright reform; Issues related to consent decrees.
  • Anti-trust issues related to music licensing and royalties.
  • Issues related to music broadcasting and payments.

Duration: to

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Telecommunications, Budget/Appropriations, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Spending: about $855,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3301: CLASSICS Act

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

S.662: Songwriter Equity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.1283: Songwriter Equity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.2250: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Tom Graves (R-Ga.)

S.2393: CLASSICS Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

S.2334: Music Modernization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.4706: Music Modernization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.2823: Music Modernization Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.1551: Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act

Sponsor: Tom Rice (R-S.C.)

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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?
Jeff Sadosky November 10-October 13 with Senator Rob Portman December 08-April 10 with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison January 05-March 06 with Senator Mike DeWine
Adrienne Schweer Chief of Protocol, Office of the Secretary of Defense Senior Aide and Director of Scheduling, Senator Chuck Hagel Staff Assistant, Senator Chuck Hagel
Ryan Welch n/a
John Buscher n/a
Rachel Miller n/a
Jay Driscoll n/a
Jeff Strunk n/a

Disclosures Filed

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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