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Howard Berman: The point I think the gentleman from California (Mr. Berman) is making, which I was trying to amplify, is the fact that…

On the recordMarch 25, 1998
The point I think the gentleman from California (Mr. Berman) is making, which I was trying to amplify, is the fact that that was the reason why the people came from the restaurants to originally complain that started the whole history of this, is they could not get and figure this out. Now they can. The BMI, ASCAP, those associations of songwriters have gone and put it on-line so people do not have that complaint anymore. That is the basic reason. It does not need to be in the bill.
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Howard Berman
California

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Discussing the accessibility of music rights information during a debate on music licensing legislation.

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