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Smokey Robinson Testifies to Senate in Support of Closing Music Royalties Loophole

By Thomas McKinless

Posted May 15, 2018 at 5:53pm

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Singer Smokey Robinson testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of a bill to protect music creators, specifically a provision that would close a loophole that denies music copyright holders from being paid for songs from before 1972.

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