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Future of Music Coalition is a national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse musical culture where artists flourish, are compensated fairly for their work, and where fans can find the music they want. More

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Happy new release day! What's in your shopping bag? Ours: new LPs from @slgtm @baptistgenerals and @The_National

10 hours 15 min ago
Ultimately, the task is to create systems and policies that treat working musicians fairly & equitably, regardless of how many there are.

12 hours 15 min ago
It's important to look at those stats in the proper, complete context http://t.co/RhE4ccGGhb

12 hours 19 min ago
Here's the thing: BLS stats are a very incomplete tool for evaluating the plight of working musicians. But they're not without value.

12 hours 21 min ago
More on "how many musicians are there?" - http://t.co/4gur2dzqlr

14 hours 53 min ago
. @thetrichordist sez 45% fewer musicians. But no reliable way to measure size of the US musician population. http://t.co/wQsLKAlsI0

14 hours 54 min ago
T-Mobile dropped its challenge to @fcc s' Open Internet Order. That leaves Verizon. http://t.co/n30NuH0L2f #netneutrality

1 day 9 hours ago
FMC's written testimony for House #copyright hearing: http://t.co/bSNJfIdjZ0 ... and blog: http://t.co/lTYYSDhZ8R

1 day 10 hours ago
@jesshopp truth, but he still is our comm dude, and hooray for it!

2 days 13 hours ago
Congrats to our comm dude Kevin on his marriage today!

3 days 2 hours ago

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Future of Music Coalition Testimony in Copyright Principles Hearing

On Thursday, May 16, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and the Internet held a hearing entitled “A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project.”

Witnesses included Pamela Samuelson (University of California at Berkeley Law School); Jon Baumgarten (former General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office); Laura Gasaway (University of North Carolina Law School); Daniel Gervais (Vanderbilt Law School Intellectual Property Program); and Jule Sigall (Assistant General Counsel for Copyright at Microsoft). All of the panelists contributed to the Copyright Principles Project and its 2010 report [PDF].

Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) called the hearing as his first effort in a broader inquiry to examine specific aspects of current copyright law.

FMC’s written testimony, which was submitted to the Committee for the official record, makes the basic point that creators must be included in future hearings, as their perspectives will help inform any apparaisal of the impact of existing (or proposed) rules.

This post co-authored by FMC Communications Intern Olivia Brown read more

Sold-out Ryan Adams Tribute Concert Benefits FMC

There’s nothing more fun than a community of friends and fans coming together to celebrate the songs of a local boy done good while raising money for a great cause.

We at FMC were honored to be the beneficiaries of a sold-out rock show last Thursday May 9 at Deep South The Bar in Raleigh, North Carolina. The concert celebrated the release of Losering: The Songs of Ryan Adams by journalist and critic David Menconi. This award-winning book blends biography and criticism to tell the story of Adams’ musical journey through alt-country and beyond, and is rooted in the rich and fertile Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill music scene where Adams got started.

That community was out in full-force on Thursday as fourteen different acts covered their favorite songs from all eras of Adams’ long career. You can check out David’s play-by-play recap of the event at the book’s website.

It’s incredibly gratifying and humbling when artists and fans find creative ways to support our work and build a vibrant and equitable future for musicians. Our deepest thanks to all the performers, fans, and especially to author David Menconi and Dave Rose and John Booker of Deep South.

(photo of Jack The Radio by Martha Burns)

On Thursday, May 16 at 2PM EST, the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet will kickoff its review of current copyright law at a hearing called “A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project.” You can watch it live right here. read more

There Is No "Old Model." There is No "New Model." There are "Many Models."

Among certain observers, it has become fashionable to contrast the “old model” and the “new model” of the music industry. This conjures up images of a dystopian analog past where the business was run by a bunch of cigar-smoking execs & predatory middlemen out to screw artists, and a utopian digital future where a leveled playing field will allow for artists and fans to join together in group sing-alongs while music flows like water. read more

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