4th Quarter - Report

NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$200,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Any issues regarding Performance Rights Act (H.Con.Res.42, S.Con.Res. 21); any matters regarding rogue websites or copyright piracy (H.R. 3261, S.968); any matters concerning Section 115 of the Copyright Code; any matters concerning copyright and electronic commerce in the digital environment; any matters concerning orphan works; any matters concerning the Copyright Royalty Board; any matters concerning the Google Book settlement; any matters concerning network neutrality; in general any matter raised in the Copyright Office's Priorities and Special Projects report for 2011-2013; legislation addressing illegal streaming (S.978); legislation addressing federalization of pre-1972 sound recordings (H.R. 2933); issues relating to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; the Internet Radio Fairness Act (H.R. 6480, S.3609); issues relating to small copyright claims; issues relating to copyright office fees; issues related to statements of account.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HALATAEI —
DAVID ISRAELITE —
JAY ROSENTHAL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2933 (112th), H.Con.Res. 42 (112th), H.R. 6480 (112th), S. 978 (112th), S. 3609 (112th), S.Con.Res. 21 (112th), H.R. 3261 (112th), S. 968 (112th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Performance Rights matters (H.Con.Res. 42, S.Con.Res.21); digital and terrestrial radio and audiovisual matters; net neutrality matters.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HALATAEI —
DAVID ISRAELITE —
JAY ROSENTHAL —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 21 (112th), H.Con.Res. 42 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Copyright and electronic commerce in the digital environment, including WIPO Treaty and the WIPO Performers and Phonograms Treaty; International Copyright issues; Development of trade legislation involving government resources and coordination of trade and IPR policies; Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA); Free Trade Agreements; issues related to special 301 reports and GSP designations.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALLISON HALATAEI —
DAVID ISRAELITE —
JAY ROSENTHAL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.