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On the recordNovember 27, 2012
A more appropriate title might be the Paycheck Reduction Act, because what we're doing here is lowering the royalties that Internet webcasters would pay to artists by more than 85 percent.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers criticizes the Internet Radio Fairness Act for reducing artist royalties significantly.

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