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Randy Travis Asks Radio to Pay Up in House Hearing on ‘100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists’
Randy Travis added star power, asking radio stations to pay artists royalties in a House Judiciary hearing on the American Music Fairness Act.
“This piece of legislation is essential to correct 100 year old issue regarding artists and non payment for their work performed on the most prominent music platform in America — one which they helped to build and sustain,” said Mary Travis. When asked by Rep. Jerry Nadler(D-NY) if users of generative AI software should be able to create unauthorized copies of a singer’s voice, Mary Travis was succinct: “Absolutely not,” she said flatly. Randy Travis and his wife Mary, arrive for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing titled "Radio, Music, and Copyrights: 100 Years of Inequity for Recording Artists," in Rayburn building on June 26, 2024.
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