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Search Music Modernization Act Article Talk Language Watch Edit The Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act, or Music Modernization Act or MMA (H.R. 1551, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 115–264 (text) (PDF)) is United States legislation signed into law on October 11, 2018 aimed to modernize copyright-related issues for music and audio recordings due to new forms of technology such as digital streaming. It is a consolidation of three separate bills introduced during the 115th United States Congress.
Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act Great Seal of the United States Long title To modernize copyright law, and for other purposes. Nicknames Music Modernization Act Announced in the 115th United States Congress Sponsored by Bob Goodlatte Number of co-sponsors 49 Citations Public law Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 115–264 (text) (PDF) Statutes at Large 132 Stat. 3676 Codification Titles affected 17 U.S.C. sections affected 17 U.S.C. § 101 note Legislative history Introduced in the House as H.R. 5447 by Bob Goodlatte (R–VA) on April 10, 2018 Committee consideration by House Judiciary Committee Passed the House on April 25, 2018 (415-0) Passed the Senate on September 19, 2018 (unanimous) Signed into law by President Donald Trump on October 11, 2018 Enjoined bills Lobbying from the recording industry Passage Reactions Legal challenges References Last edited 2 months ago by Treybien2 Wikipedia Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Privacy policy Terms of UseDesktop
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Subscribe now 2024 Trump Lists Out the Reasons Taylor Swift Should Endorse Him, as If That Might Actually Happen According to the ex-president, Swift owes him her loyalty because he made her “so much money.”
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SAVE Is Taylor Swift going to endorse Joe Biden? Given that she did in 2020, it’s obviously possible. And if you ask the MAGA nation’s more conspiratorially-minded members, the endorsement is already a done deal. But Taylor Swift endorsing Donald Trump is one thing that is clearly not going to happen, and the reason we know this is because, among other things, Swift vowed to “do everything” she could to end Trump’s reign of terror the last time he ran for president, i.e., her feelings for him are quite clear. And yet, that didn’t stop the former guy from taking to social media on Sunday to list out the reasons she should actually back him and not Biden.
In a deeply cringeworthy post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists. Joe Biden didn’t do anything for Taylor, and never will. There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money. Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can’t stand me!”
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Let’s break down Trump’s reasons why Swift shouldn’t endorse Biden and should maybe even endorse him, which are, to use political jargon, “very dumb.”
He was “responsible for the Music Modernization Act” As Dina LaPolt, an attorney who worked on the MMA, noted yesterday, “Trump did nothing on our legislation except sign it, and doesn’t even know what the Music Modernization Act does. Someone should ask him what the bill actually accomplished.”
Joe Biden hasn’t “done anything” for her In Trump’s mind, everything is transactional, so because Biden hasn’t literally put money in Swift’s pocket, he hasn’t “done anything for her” and likely “never will.” Naturally, the ex-president does not consider the fact that (1) Swift agrees with Biden on a number of policy issues, and (2) when it comes to policies, she very much does not agree with Trump. For example, the singer is a major proponent of reproductive rights—which Biden has fought for, and Trump has bragged about destroying.
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To endorse Joe Biden would be “disloyal” to Trump because Trump “made her so much money” This claim is unintentionally hilarious on multiple levels. For starters, it suggests that Swift showed up at the White House begging Trump to sign the Music Modernization Act, which, of course, never happened, and now owes him her loyalty. Obviously, she owes Trump literally nothing, and again, for him, everything comes down to the question of whether someone has put cold, hard cash in someone else’s pocket.
Trump likes Travis Kelce, which is big of him given that Kelce “may be a Liberal” and “probably can’t stand” Trump Apparently, Swift shouldn’t endorse Biden because Trump is so magnanimous that he hasn’t shit all over Travis Kelce, despite the NFL star likely being a “a Liberal.” He could have, but he hasn’t! Probably already has a mean nickname just waiting to be deployed, but hasn’t used it! And this is how Taylor repays him??
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