Stand up for local businesses

HB 1763 - Requiring respect for business owners

HB 1763 will force BMI, ASCAP, and other music licensing agencies to treat business owners like yourself with respect. It will ensure they give notice when they are on your premises, disallow them from making threats or bullying business owners, and require them to pay a fee to operate in Washington State. The fee will be used by the state to communicate with business owners about their rights when dealing with BMI and ASCAP. HB 1763 will not in any way prohibit BMI and ASCAP from collecting royalty money when they rightfully own the music and can charge for its usage as is guaranteed under federal law. But, this legislation will greatly improve how they interact with business owners.

We need your help to get this legislation passed for fair treatment of small business owners in our state.

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* 1. Yes, Kevin, I will join you and support HB 1763!

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* 2. I am willing to:

Email legislators to encourage them to support HB 1763

Call legislators to encourage them to support HB 1763

Personally meet with legislators and encourage them to support HB 1763

Travel to Olympia during the 2016 legislative session (mid January thru mid March) and meet with legislators and/or testify in favor of HB 1763

Meet with other business owners who have or may be affected by BMI and ASCAP and encourage them to join this fight.

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* 3. Please provide your contact information so we can reach out to you about how to support HB 1763

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