An anti-copyright bill is coming, the Local Radio Freedom Act

By Neil Stevens | 8:30 AM on July 17, 2015

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Is your member of Congress supporting the coming anti-copyright bill, the Local Radio Freedom Act (LRFA)? As we all know, the name of a bill can be laughably misleading, and it is in this case. The LRFA is a huge giveaway to well-connected local radio owners.

They want special exemptions from having to pay for the music they broadcast. That’s simply picking one industry as a winner over others. Let’s let the Democrats stay in that business. Tell these Republicans to oppose LFRA. Is your member on this list?

Rumor has it these folks are backing LRFA. They need to be told it’s a bad idea.

[mc_name name=’Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’E000294′ ] (R) (MN-6)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’P000609′ ] (R) (AL-6) (UPDATE: He’s not in).
[mc_name name=’Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’B001295′ ] (R) (IL-12)
[mc_name name=’Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’R000601′ ] (R) (TX-4)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Mia Love (R-UT)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’L000584′ ] (R) (UT-4)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’P000611′ ] (R) (ME-2)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’K000388′ ] (R) (MS-1)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’M001193′ ] (R) (NJ-3)
[mc_name name=’Rep. John Carter (R-TX)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’C001051′ ] (R) (TX-31)
Robert Scott DesJarlais (R) (TN-4)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’D000600′ ] (R) (FL-25)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’H001056′ ] (R) (WA-3)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Peter King (R-NY)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’K000210′ ] (R) (NY-2)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’R000604′ ] (R) (OK-5)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’R000585′ ] (R) (NY-23)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’R000591′ ] (R) (AL-2)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’R000409′ ] (R) (CA-48)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’S001176′ ] (R) (LA-1)
[mc_name name=’Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’Y000065′ ] (R) (FL-3)

Property rights exist for all of us. LFRA is a bad idea. Tell these folks, including some good conservatives and reformers, that giving away special perks to one industry is far too Obama-esque for us to be doing.