BMI Supports Introduction of the Music Modernization Act of 2017
Today, Congressmen Doug Collins (R-GA) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) introduced the Music Modernization Act of 2017. This bill represents months of collaboration between BMI, and other organizations representing songwriters, composers, and publishers such as NMPA, ASCAP, NSAI, and SONA, and the music user community. The bill is designed to benefit American songwriters, composers and publishers by modernizing two key portions of the U.S. Copyright Law: On the mechanical licensing
