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On the recordAugust 3, 2009
The market has changed so dramatically. The public performance right looms so large in the eyes of the performers and the record companies.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the need for broadcasters to pay for music due to market changes.

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