House Approves Music Reforms
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the CLASSICS Act as a part of a music licensing reform package.
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Creative Community Urges Congress to Hold Silicon Valley Accountable
AFM joined with other members of the creative community in urging congress to ensure internet platforms address privacy and copyright abuses.
89 Artists Add Names Urging Congress to Pass CLASSICS Act
Digital radio makes billions of dollars a year from music made before 1972. Yet, because of an ambiguity in copyright laws, many artists receive nothing. The CLASSICS Act would correct this inequity to ensure musicians who made this music finally get their due.
Sam Bush Lets the Music Lead Him
The Nashville Local 257 member talks about latest album and joining the union at 17.
AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund Names New CEO
Industry Veteran Stefanie Taub was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund. In her new role, Taub will oversee the Fund’s collection and distribution of more than $45 million annually in royalties to non-featured musicians and vocalists.
Statement on the Death of Congresswoman Slaughter
Musicians lost a good friend and one of our strongest champions of the arts.
Alexander Laing: Equity & the Arts
A union musician for almost 20 years, the Phoenix Symphony principal clarinetist Alexander Laing talks about the power of equity in the arts.
Artists Call on Congress to Pass CLASSICS Act
Digital radio makes billions of dollars a year from music made before 1972. Yet, because of an ambiguity in copyright laws, many artists receive nothing. The CLASSICS Act would correct this inequity to ensure musicians who made this music finally get their due.
Musicians Respond to President’s Budget
The 2019 budget completely eliminates the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).