FMLC Meets with the Small Business Administration on Copyright Reform
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“In particular, our members are affected by confusing licensing fees and harsh collection practices by Performing Rights Organizations, like ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.FMLC is the only advocacy organization exclusively focused on making the music licensing system simpler, fairer and more transparent for small businesses in the hospitality industry.For policy updates and more information on the association and its activities, visit the Fairness in Music Licensing Coalition’s website at www.musicfairness.org Lansing, MI, July 23, 2015 --( PR.com )-- The Fairness in Music Licensing Coalition (FMLC) engaged the US Small Business Administration (SBA) in support of the coalition’s efforts to address the impact of the current system for collecting music licensing fees on the hospitality industry’s small independent businesses, as well as the impact on composers and songwriters.The coalition’s Washington, D.C. team met with SBA officials and outlined the need for the agency to be active in addressing:· The expansion of the “Small Business Exemption” in the Copyright Act to make music licensing fees less burdensome on small independent businesses and to ensure that small independent songwriters are fairly compensated.“In particular, our members are affected by confusing licensing fees and harsh collection practices by Performing Rights Organizations, like ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.FMLC is the only advocacy organization exclusively focused on making the music licensing system simpler, fairer and more transparent for small businesses in the hospitality industry.