Lobbying Relationship

Client

Spotify USA Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Tiber Creek Group

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  • Issues related to competition in the technology sector; S. 2992/H.R. 3816 - American Innovation and Choice Online Act; S. 2710/H.R. 5017 - Open App Markets Act; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (PL 117-328), issues related to app store competition.
  • Issues related to licensing, copyright, and music industry competition; Issues related to competition in the technology sector.

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General Issues: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Immigration, Small Business, Arts/Entertainment

Spending: about $1,830,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Related Foreign Entities: Spotify AB (Stockholm, SWE); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.3350: Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

H.R.4706: Music Modernization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.2823: Music Modernization Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.3398: EARN IT Act of 2020

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

H.R.7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

S.4019: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

H.R.7232: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

S.4528: Advancing Competitiveness, Transparency, and Security in the Americas...

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.7806: SOS Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.475: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

H.R.1320: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

H.R.3816: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

S.2710: Open App Markets Act

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

H.R.5017: Open App Markets Act

Sponsor: Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

S.2992: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

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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 Peck Staff Director, Senate Judiciary Committee
Sheila Murphy Legislative Director, Rep. Richard Durbin Legislative Director, Senator Bob Kerrey Legislative Director, Senator Ben Nelson Legislative Director, Senator Tom Carper LD and Interim COS, Senator Amy Klobuchar Subcomm. on Fed. Financial Mgmnt Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Senator Daschle
Jen Olson Legislative Director, Sen. Lindsey Graham Legislative Assistant, Sen. Lindsey Graham Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Kolbe
Tim Molino Counsel, Senator Amy Klobuchar; Chief Counsel, Senator Amy Klobuchar
Jay Heimbach Special Asst to the President, The White House/CoS Senator Sherrod Brown/FCC - CSB and Congressional Affairs/OLA, The White House
Megan Farrell n/a
Kristen Harper n/a
John Michael Gonzalez 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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