Bloomberg Law
April 26, 2018, 8:00 PM UTC

House Passes Bill on Music Licensing for Streaming Services

Anandashankar Mazumdar

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would create a licensing process for streaming services such as Spotify, in a move to update copyright law for the modern music industry.

The House approved the the Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447) by a vote of 415-0. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.) assembled the legislation from three separate bills.

“Today the House brings early 20th century music laws for the analog era into the 21st century digital era,” Goodlatte said on the House floor. “While no bill is perfect, by all accounts, this is a bill with ...

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