Performance Royalty Act Still In Jeopardy

Dion Warwick appeared on capital hill on Tuesday to urge legislators to support the Performance Royalty Act. "I'm sure you all thought that I walked on by with my little check in hand," Warwick said in a reference to her popular tune "Walk on By." "I wish I had, but all I did was walk on by." http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9989979 Senator Conyers had a good take on the measure supporting peforming musicians, who currently get paid nothing for performing their music on broadcast radio: "They work and they don't get paid," Conyers said after the event. "That's involuntary servitude. They don't even get any choice of whether they want to work or not — they just take their work product." The event was sponsored by the Music First coalition. Please check out their website, here. For a better perspective on this issue, view this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5WWzD8Jycg Incidently, you will not hear this view or perspective on a broadcast radio station. T