Respect Music and Musicians!

Every time you stop the dial to listen to an artist's distinctive voice, radio stations make money by selling advertising around it. But corporate radio doesn't pay a cent to the musicians, vocalists, and recording artists or labels who make the sound that brings in listeners - and money. The Performance Right Act (H.R. 848) would require radio stations to compensate recording artists and copyright owners when they use music, comedy, spoken word, or other recording to make money, just like they compensate songwriters. For the first time, recording artists would see a piece of the massive profits made on the backs of their creative work.