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How Much Could the Presidential Election Rock the Music Industry?

This year’s U.S. presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is extremely important — but not for the music business

This probably comes from their personal politics — Harris doesn’t have an extensive track record on intellectual property policy or other issues important to the music business, although she was seen shopping for vinyl and appears to have excellent taste. The most complicated and important part of the 2018 Music Modernization Act was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries(D-NY) and Rep. Doug Collins(R-Ga.), who may not agree on much else. Reid Hoffman and a group of 100 venture capitalists have announced their support for Harris, while Trump’s choice for Vice President, J. D. Vance, sometimes seems to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of arch-libertarian Peter Thiel.

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