DryerBuzz & Company: Great HR 848 Debate Live and Podcast with Entertainment Attorney Leron E. Rogers

HR 848 has some seeing green and others seeing red, namely Black Radio.  Introduced by Rep Conyers, John, Jr, the bill is said to “provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes.”  So what does that mean.  You may have heard Cathy Hughes by now with what she thinks the bill would mean to black radio, but what does it mean for performing artists and the like.  Are they about to get PAID?

Join us TODAY Friday, 2:30PM ETfor the live taping of DryerBuzz & Company Great Debates with special guest prominent music and entertainment attorney Leron Rogers for the buzz behind the buzz on HR 848.

A partner in the law firm of Hewitt & Rogers based in Atlanta, Leron heads up the firm’s entertainment, technology and media law practice group and is known throughout the country for representing high profile entertainers and athletes in their professional and business ventures. Hewitt & Rogers legal expertise includes business transactions, entertainment law, and business litigation, among other services.

Leron E. Rogers represents renowned artists, producers,management companies, songwriters, record labels and publishing companies. Within the entertainment industry, Leron has represented clients including comedian/TV/radio/film star Steve Harvey, icon James Brown’s children, R&B group “Silk”, Lil Scrappy (Warner Bros.), “PSC” (Grand Hustle/Atlantic),”Big Kuntry” (Grand Hustle/Atlantic), Grammy Nominated writers/producers Jason Rome (Luther Vandross, Jagged Edge, Blu Cantrell, Cassidy, Patty Labelle), Nate Walker (Jamie Foxx); NexusMusic (J. Holiday); Natural Disaster (Soulja Boy); Jeffrey “Marvelous J” White (Dem Franchise Boys, Rocko, Lil’ Mama), Prentice Spry (Jamie Foxx), Cedric “Ced Keyz” Williams (Ciara, Young Joc, Young Buck, LLoyd); Jonathan “Baby Jay” Williams (50, Lloyd Banks, Tyrese); and Trools & Rask (Akon) and former V103 radio personality, Porsche Foxx.

Phone lines are open during taping so join us at 646-652-2642 or listen live or podcast at www.DryerBuzz.com. Where do you stand on HR 848?

HR 848 Summary: [Source]

Performance Rights Act – Amends federal copyright law to: (1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters; (2) establish a flat annual fee in lieu of payment of royalties for individual terrestrial broadcast stations with gross revenues of less than $1.25 million and for noncommercial, public broadcast stations; (3) grant an exemption from royalty payments for broadcasts of religious services and for incidental uses of musical sound recordings; and (4) grant terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings a per program license option. Read More

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