It appears there's lame-duck action this week in the House Judiciary Committee, and some changes to HR 848, the Performance Rights Act. John Conyers' bill was first brought up in the House at the beginning of this Congress, in February 2009. Now there appears to be movement, and new sponsors signing on. The bill would "establish equitable treatment for terrestrial, cable, satellite and Internet services" related to a performer's royalty. Over-the-air broadcasters have been exempt from that royalty for decades, though they pay hundreds of millions to the holders of music copyrights. What the NAB and others are fighting is Congress legislating such a right, and allowing the Copyright Royalty Board to set the rates.