Performers deserve royalties from radio

If you believe people deserve to get paid for their work, it's hard to argue against a bill in Congress that would require radio stations to pay musicians when they play their songs.

We love radio. We especially love music on the radio, the very sound of summer, dancing across beaches, sailing out open car windows. We are loath to support any new law that might hurt radio, an industry already struggling with declining revenues in the Internet Age.

But we love getting paid for our work even more, and we think everybody deserves to get paid for the job they do, including recording artists. As much as we love radio, we find ourselves in full support of the Performance Rights …