Nashville Songwriters Association International
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 NSAI Songwriters Visit Washington, D.C. In May
A delegation of 20 NSAI staff and writers joined friends from the California and Texas songwriter associations for a May 18-19 trip to Washington, D.C., where they met with Congressional legislators and staff members on a variety of songwriter-related issues.  To view photos from the trip, click the headline above.


Latest Issues Update



NSAI Celebrates Signing Of Music Copyright Infringement Bill

Gov. Phil Bredesen recently signed Senate Bill 3974, which requires Tennessee's public and private universities and colleges to take steps to ensure that computers on their campuses are not used to disseminate or download copyrighted material through peer-to-peer file sharing programs. The legislation also requires these higher education institutions to develop and enforce a policy for computer usage, network usage and ethics, in addition to analyzing the network to determine if copyrighted works are being transmitted.  For more on the signing, click the headline above.


NSAI CELEBRATES CRB RULINGS

This week’s Copyright Royalty Board decision on mechanical rates -- coupled with the announcement last week of an industry-wide agreement on mechanical royalties on new internet models such as subscription music -- is good news for American songwriters.  Click the headline above for more information and greater explanation.


COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD ISSUES MECHANICAL RATE RULING

* Good News For Songwriters And Good News For The Music Industry
* Mechanical Rates Remain The Same: Penny Rate NOT Percentage Rate
* Big Raise For Ringtones
Click the headline above for more.


 
 
 
 
 
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