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>Performance Royalty Bill Expected To Be Blocked

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>SoundExchange is an independent, nonprofit performance rights organization that is designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to collect and distribute digital performance royalties for featured recording artists. From FMQB Twitter update According to the NAB, a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives now opposes the controversial performance royalty rate. The Local Radio Freedom Act now has 220 House co-sponsors and 12 Senate co-sponsors. At least 218 House members are needed to have a majority and block the scheduling of a vote on the Performance Rights Act.Adding their support to the Local Radio Freedom Act are Reps. Alcee Hastings (FL), … Continue reading >Performance Royalty Bill Expected To Be Blocked

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An In-Depth Look: Atlanta’s Hip Hop and Strip Club Culture

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In Atlanta, where hip-hop rubs up against notorious strip clubs, rappers who want to make it big get their start by making it rain. DOES the hip hop scene in Atlanta still matter? FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE “Business and Pleasure” — The strip club Follies, in Atlanta, is neither a dump nor a gilded pleasure palace. It could probably pass for a college bar, if not for the metal detector at the door and the never-ending parade of bare and bespangled bosoms. Inside, a narrow stage snakes around the bar, dividing the room into different sectors named for properties on … Continue reading An In-Depth Look: Atlanta’s Hip Hop and Strip Club Culture