mr. glazier. >> good morning, members of the committee. my name is mr. glazier.cus on two parts on the classic act and the willing buy er, willing seller. it arises from old laws and new technology arising in discriminatory treatment of old artists recordings made before february 15th, 1972. while most digital music services do pay under a statutory license created by this committee for all the music they play, including for pre-72 recordings, some companies have targeted classic recordings. they argue that they don't have to pay to digitally perform classics because those recordings are subject to state protection and the license is a federal creature. they also argue, however, that state laws do not apply to digital performances of pre-72 worth. so it's a circular argument that creates a windfall for some digital services at the expense of legacy artists and their labels. to illustrate the need for this new ford-looking solution, look how current practice has led to non-sensical results. frank sinatra's recording of my way made in 1969. but they do pay when the

mr. glazier just two questions.ticisms and concerns we've heard raised today about the classics act suggest the bill will shrink the works available in the public domain and give pre '72 recordings protection for far too long, compared to post '72 recordings. are those criticisms accurate, in your opinion? how would you respond to them? and how would you suggest that we not let the perfect be the enemy of the good in this particular legislative resolution? >> thanks. they're absolutely not accurate. congress decided what the term of pre '72 sound recordings would be in 1976 and then again in 1998. there were many groups who didn't like the term that congress decided, and they challenged it, and they took it to court in the eldred case, and the court upheld what congress decided and classics doesn't change was congress decided. the term was set a long, long time ago. the problem is not the term. the problem is that the law surrounding copyright is behind the technology. and so, during the term that congress set, arti