As songwriters and artists who are a vital in which we live. It has allowed major tech companies to contributing force to the U.S. and to American grow and generate huge profits yb creating ease of use for consumers to carry almost every recorded song in history in exports around the world, we are writing to their pocket via a smartphone, while songwriters’ and artists’ express our concern about the ability of the earnings continue to diminish. Music consumption has next generation of creators to earn a living. The skyrocketed, but the monies earned by individual writers and existing laws threaten the continued viability artists for that consumption has plummeted. of songwriters and recording artists to survive The DMCA simply doesn’t work. It’s impossible for tens of from the creation of music. Aspiring creators thousands of individual songwriters and artists to muster shouldn’t have to decide between making music the resources necessary to comply with its application. The and making a living. Please protect them. tech companies who benefit from the DMCA today were not the intended protectorate when it was signed into law nearly One of the biggest problems confronting songwriters and two decades ago. We ask you to enact sensible reform that recording artists today is the Digital Millennium Copyright balances the interests of creators with the interests of the Act (DMCA). This law was written and passed in an era companies who exploit music for their financial enrichment. that is technologically out-of-date compared to the era It’s only then that consumers will truly benefit.
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