Archive for October, 2006
Friday, October 13th, 2006
The International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry has released its latest statistics on the state of the global music industry, summarized in a report in the Financial Times yesterday. Some of the highlights that I find most interesting (just in case you're interested in what interests me):
Worldwide music sales fell by ...
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Thursday, October 12th, 2006
For those unfamiliar with the project, there's been a comprehensive effort since 2003 at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School to envision the future of digital music distribution models that work for artists, business, and consumers alike. They're getting nearer to actually implementing this model ...
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
There was a press release posted to eMediawire last week that deserves more interest than it has received so far, at least among folks who follow intellectual property law or the many flavours of free culture on offer. Drmfree.org bills itself as a public service website facilitating access to legal ...
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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Day 2 of the Summit. Something very apropos occurred. A panel about tastemaking made taste. Here's how: Patti Schmidt opened the panel with a viral youtube vid. The short video takes a satirical look at indie music marketing, centering around a fictional character named Clell Tickle and his bullying approach ...
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Friday, October 6th, 2006
The opening panels were highly confrontational despite conciliatory gestures; fights erupted ten minutes into the discussion of how to sync up music biz interests, artist remuneration, and the adoption of music technologies. With the apparent shotgun approach of this conference's 'A&R' process, we're seeing panels built out of voices who ...
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
I'm leaving for Montréal today to join the conversation at the Future of Music Policy Summit, which runs from Thursday through Sunday at McGill. Quite an exciting group of people to listen to - everyone from Ryan Schreiber to Patti Schmidt (for non-Canadians, she's the host of CBC-2's long running ...
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