John Conyers actually said...

"I believe that all artists should be compensated fairly, and that it makes no sense to have arbitrary decisions on who should be paid for their work."

"Congressman Conyers, you absolutely go to the heart of the reason that I am here."

"And we have to end up in a rate court on top of it all and I think that this is the new situation that we have been in since the decree."

"This bill would assure that legacy artists and copyright owners of all works, whether recorded before or after February 15, 1972, are compensated by those who benefit from the Federal statutory licens..."