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This article references proposed legislation that never passed. There is a bill currently in Congress with the same title and purpose; however, the question remains whether proposed legislation like this passes Wikipedia's notability standards. Hartboy (talk) 21:05, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I updated the article to refer to the most recent bill. On notability--do you know much about the notability standards for pending legislation? I found an interesting discussion here. There is a decent amount of sources on both H.R. 4789 and S. 279, and the issue itself is interesting/controversial. Stephen (talk) 05:17, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That is an interesting discussion, thanks for pointing it out. I can see the arguments on the keeping it side, admittedly it's a close call. I would still side on it not being notable enough for a separate article. This is at least the second attempt to pass this bill according to the article here, and I'm guessing if it doesn't pass this session, a similar bill will be introduced next session.Hartboy (talk) 15:28, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, it's a close call. I guess I find notability because there is so much news coverage and controversy. Perhaps if this is not notable enough for its own article, it should be moved to a section in an article on performance rights for sound recordings or something. I just discovered category:United States proposed federal legislation. It might be worth mining that cat and putting together an essay on the topic--there are (at least) 159 articles that potentially have that issue. Stephen (talk) 17:12, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
