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Tech companies have made billions supporting the illegal exploitation of our cultural past
while ruthlessly pursuing the dismantling of incentives creators need to fashion our cultural future.
Should Intellectual Property Rights be the New Civil Rights in America?
By Raymond Millien
-- [Thanks to Terry Hart for the link.]
How to Avoid Accidental Dealings with
Pirates
By David Hahn -- As Captain Jack Sparrow said in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, "Me?
I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch
out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid." His quote brings to mind
the debate regarding supporting peer-to-peer file sharing sites with advertising....
United Kingdom:
YouTube Videos Make People Money, But Songwriters Rarely See Any Of It
By Helienne Lindvall -- There's a certain
irony to the fact that in an era when outside songwriters and producers are used more than ever (well, at least since the heyday of
writers such as Bacharach/David in 1960s) - they've been decimated when it comes to revenue share. They have almost disappeared
completely when it comes to being credited for their work - online. [Thanks to Helienne Lindvall for the link.]
Justin Timberlake Unveils Myspace Where Artists and Fans Interact
By Laura J. Nelson -- Can Justin
Timberlake bring the sexy back to Myspace?
That's the question the singer-actor tried to answer Thursday during a glitzy unveiling of the redesigned website that was once
the world's largest social network.
Pandora Releases Android App Update with
Lyrics and Social Features
By Janko Roettgers
Spotify to Begin Rolling
Out Browser-Based Music App in Beta
By Ellis Hamburger -- A browser-based player has been one of Spotify's most
requested features...A web player opens up Spotify to people who don't want to (or aren't allowed to) download apps, and
is also simply a nice feature for current users who want to bring their music to a friend's house.
Fred Wilson Wary on Music Investments; Questions Spotify's Valuation, Apple's Music
Leadership
By Yinka Adegoke -- Wilson, who through his firm Union Square Ventures has backed some of the fastest
growing start-ups of last decade (including Twitter, FourSquare and Tumblr), said of looking at music investments in general,
"I've felt that the desire of both sides of the issue -- on the tech side and music -- to work in partnership wasn't
there." He said that more recent negotiations with music companies have been improving.
Yamaha Extends
Marketing Efforts With Launch Of Indie Label
By Clyde Smith -- The Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) has extended
its deep relationship with musicians with the launch of an indie record label under the Yamaha Entertainment Group of America. Though
comparable to such innovative corporate experiments as that of Red Bull Records and Hard Rock Records, these comparisons pale in the
light of Yamaha's even longer history of artist support.
[Oh, you mean music used in games should be licensed? Hey, they're only games...right?...that sell millions of copies!]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PC Pulled from Digital Shops for Music Licensing Issues
By Sean
Ridgeley
PulseLocker Launches "Spotify For
DJs"
By Eliot Van Buskirk -- DJs need to add effects, trigger loops, cross-fade between tracks, set cue points,
and employ all sorts of other fancy footwork to keep the crowd dancing. This requires storing music on a laptop rather than
streaming it from the cloud. And the file has to play, no matter what, with no lag, so any sort of DRM file protection is out of the
question...Pulselocker, the world's first subscription service
for DJs, gets around this sticking point...
Using The New YouTube Branding Features
By Bobby
Owsinski -- YouTube continues to roll out new features, sometimes without promoting them. One of the those unpromoted new features
is a new way to brand your channel and videos.
How To Promote Your Band Using Custom Tabs On
Facebook
By Andrew Apanov
Music to Write By: 10 Top Authors Share Their Secrets for Summoning the Muse
By Steve Silberman
How To
Unfriend Fans of Horrible Music on Facebook
By Eliot Van Buskirk -- Here's how to identify the fans of any band
on Facebook, for potential unfriending, mockery, or whatever else you want to do.
[I'm sorry.]
Urine The
Money
By Sarah Mitroff
DEAN KAY
Dean Kay has been at the helm of some of the most highly respected and forward thinking music publishing companies in the world, first as COO of the Welk Music Group, then as President/ CEO of the US division of the PolyGram International Publishing Group, and now as President/CEO of his own precedent setting venture, Lichelle Music Company. Prior to his involvement in publishing, he was a successful songwriter, having had hundreds of his compositions recorded - including "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra. Mr. Kay has been a member of the Board of Directors of ASCAP since 1989 and is Chairman of its New Technologies Committee. He is also on the Board of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA).
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