AMP Act
- Last Action
- 2/6/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-06Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2017-02-06Introduced in House
- 2017-02-06Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-06 (00)
Allocation for Music Producers Act or the AMP Act
This bill amends federal copyright law to require a collective designated by the Copyright Royalty Judges to implement a policy providing for the acceptance of instructions (referred to as a "letter of direction") from a person who owns the exclusive right to publicly perform a sound recording by means of a digital audio transmission, or from a recording artist of a such a sound recording, to distribute a portion of royalty payments to a producer, mixer, or sound engineer who was part of the creative process behind the sound recording.
The collective must adopt special procedures for a producer, mixer, or sound engineer to receive a portion of royalties for recordings fixed before November 1, 1995, by certifying that a reasonable effort has been made to obtain a letter of direction from an artist who owns the right to receipts payable with respect to the sound recording.
Cosponsors (20)
- Thomas Rooney (R-FL)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- ANNA ESHOO (D-CA)
- EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
- Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
- Michael McCaul (R-TX)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)
- LAMAR SMITH (R-TX)
- Scott Tipton (R-CO)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- ADAM SCHIFF (D-CA)
- Trent Franks (R-AZ)
- DARRELL ISSA (R-CA)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
Subjects
- Intellectual property
- Music
- Sound recording
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