President Trump's political opponents in the music industry would like his help in at least one regard: The laws that govern who makes money off of music.
"The Recording Academy, together with America's music makers, call on the president and Congress to help keep the music playing by updating music laws, protecting music education, and renewing America's commitment to the arts," Neil Portnow, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said during the 2017 Grammy Awards Sunday night.
The recording industry wants radio stations to be required to pay royalties to artists whose music is played on their stations. "Big radio corporations make billions of dollars from music but pay nothing to artists and producers and Recording Companies,who cares about the artists!" the GrammyPro website says. "Other provisions of copyright law force songwriters and performers to accept below market pay for their music."
| I'd be happy to couple royalties to a proper, public and open accounting of music labels and movie studios. Plus Glenn Reynolds' proposal to repeal the "Hollywood Tax Credits"... |
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