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Last month I had the pleasure of traveling to Austin, TX and working with the fine folks there – brainstorming on the future of music and in particular, the future of the live music business. Here is an updated version of my Global Music Business presentation that I gave at their incredible new City Hall. […]
The future of the profitability of the recorded music business is unquestionably in jeopardy. One might speculate that new “access based” services like Rdio and Spotify could re-start a failing record industry. I hope so. But as sales have fallen to less that 1/2 their heights at the turn of the century, artists and their […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The wild, wild West of Internet anarchy that was the first decade of the new century has a new sheriff. And she paid a visit to the 10th annual Future of Music Policy Summit with a badge bearing a 33-point strategy for restoring law and order. The summit concluded Tuesday after three […]
I was hanging out with my friend Charlie McEnerney last night and asked him about his interview with Larry Lessig. Here is his post and a link to the complete interview from Well Rounded Radio. Check it out. In many music and entertainment circles, the name Lawrence Lessig needs no introduction, but for those who […]
Many people have asked me to explain the current status of royalty payments for online music. A thorough discussion of this past year’s agreement on mechanical royalties was produced by my friends at the Future of Music Coalition. There is also a good summary on the meeting of the Copyright Royalty Board this past fall […]
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