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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
Calendar No. 569
115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session J SENATE1 115-339
MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. GRASSLEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2823]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill
(S. 2823) a bill to modernize copyright law, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute and recommends that the
bill, as amended, do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Background and Purpose of the Music Modernization Act ........................ 1
II. History of the Bill and Committee Consideration ....................................... 21
III. Section-by-Section Summary of the Bill ...................................................... 22
IV. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ................................................ 29
V . Regulatory Im pact Evaluation ...................................................................... 34
V I. C on clu sion ..................................................................................................... . 35
VII. Changes to Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 35
I. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT
A. BACKGROUND
The United States' copyright laws have helped make this nation
the center of the music world. Copyright laws protect creators and
artists, allowing them to thrive by granting them exclusive rights
and protections to their works. However, the law has not kept pace
with the music industry to reflect changes in consumer preferences
and technological developments. The current statutory scheme ap-
plies inconsistent rules that place certain technologies at a dis-
advantage and result in inequitable compensation variances for
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