S. 2334: Music Modernization Act of 2018
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S. 2334: Music Modernization Act of 2018
115th Congress · introduced 2018-01-24 · Commerce · Latest: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-01-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Music Modernization Act of 2018
Plain summary
Music Modernization Act of 2018 This bill amends the copyright law to create a statutory blanket license for making and distributing nondramatic musical sound recordings, including through digital delivery. The blanket license allows digital music services to distribute sound recordings covered by the license without negotiating for the rights for each individual recording, as long as the music service complies with the license's requirements, such as paying the required royalties.
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Official text
Music Modernization Act of 2018
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · 27 cosponsors
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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Kennedy (R-LA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John Boozman (R-AR)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2334.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s2334 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115