Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen amongst 89 new artists backing US CLASSICS Act

Act aims to reform US copyright policy to better compensate the creators of music
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Oldies Artists Who Can’t Get Paid are Asking Congress for Help

Copyright owners of sound recordings released before 1972 have a problem: nobody will pay them their royalties.  Now, these ‘oldies’ artists are hoping to close that legal loophole with the Classics Act. Duke Fakir, a founding member of Fou…