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May 23, 2012

Donna Summer, Prince and George Clinton Songs Among Additions to Library of Congress Collection

Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love,” Prince’s Purple Rain and George Clinton’s Mothership Connection are among the more popular entries in the latest batch of 25 recordings that will be preserved by the Library of Congress.

Jun 12, 2008

Rappers Lobby Hill for Radio Royalties

It’s not everyday that The Sugarhill Gang, Sisqo, and Dru Hill are hanging around a party at a house in D.C.’s Chinatown. The artists were in town yesterday to lobby, not for thongs or hip hopping to hippie, but for the Performance Rights Act, which would give terrestrial broadcast royalties to performers of songs. Currently songwriters and composers get royalties. The party, held in an ultramodern house, was organized by SoundExchange, a music industry non-profit…

 
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