[Harp-L] Please, please, please write your congress member to support House Concurrent Resolution 102 (raise streaming royalties for artists)

[Clarke Comollo]

Here is an easy paste to send your rep

I'm asking you to support H.Con.Res.102 - Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the duty of the Federal Government to establish a new royalty program to provide income to featured and non-featured performing artists whose music or audio content is listened to on streaming music services, like Spotify.

> On Dec 22, 2022, at 2:36 AM, Michael Peloquin <peloquinharp at xxxxx> wrote:
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> Please write your congress member to support House Concurrent Resolution 102<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/102__;!!Bg5easoyC-OII2vlEqY8mTBrtW-N4OJKAQ!eqGrhCR3fNatT2NbgkKRHB9lW2CZplx0OBYRaUS4wWCscqE84i_Vtw0pTiIcMUBAhUbTn6c_f7S0$>, a new resolution recognizing the need to establish a new royalty program that would directly compensate musicians with a fairer royalty payment every time their music is listened to on a streaming music service, like Spotify.
> Harmonica content: Harp prices keep going up and so should our pay as musicians...
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> Whereas streaming music services have become the dominant method of music consumption, and presently account for roughly 83 percent of total recorded music revenue in the United States;
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> Whereas providers of streaming music service, like Spotify, saw a 13.4-percent increase in revenues in 2020, bringing Spotify’s streaming music service total revenue to $10,100,000,000;
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> Whereas musicians have created the content responsible for these record valuations, but are only compensated on average $0.007 per stream;
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> Whereas providers of streaming music service compensate featured artists at a significantly lower rate than traditional physical record sales;
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> Michael Peloquin