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I think the bill was able to be passed because
there’s a realization that for a generation

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we’ve been talking about problems, and you
get a once-in-a-generation opportunity to

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make needed changes in law, you better take
advantage of it.

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This was a big step in the right direction
and there was a lot of good will on all sides.

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I think this was a significant piece of bipartisan
legislation.

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It was really only possible because Republicans
and Democrats in the House and the Senate,

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the performing rights and the songwriting
communities and businesses that make their

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living off of distributing recordings and
libraries and public-serving institutions

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all came to the table and were willing to
reach a responsible compromise.

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I don’t want any historian or anybody to
go through the archives, you know, years from

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now and look back and say "Wow, that vote was
unanimous, that must’ve been easy".

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It’s probably the most difficult unanimous
vote we ever had.