Claim: "In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea."
Fact-check: Kevin Russell of Shinyribs says singers not paid when songs air on the radio
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2015-12-07T00:00:00