Pho Dinner at Nam Viet
1127 N. Hudson St. (at Wilson Blvd.) Arlington VA.
703-522-7110 Details and directions
Tuesday, April 12
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Check-in
10:00 AM
Welcome by Michael Bracy
Policy
Director, Future of Music Coalition
10:05 – 10:35 AM
Keynote Speaker:FCC Commissioner Jonathan
Adelstein
10:45 AM
– 12:00 PM
Panel 1: Digital
Audio Broadcasting & the Future of Radio For decades, radio has been the source of news and entertainment
and, for the music industry in particular, a crucial part of
the marketing strategy for selling records. But radio
as we know it is in the midst of an identity crisis. Now it
is forced to face new competition from satellite radio, from
webcasters, and from the portability of music itself.
As terrestrial radio shifts to transmitting in digital signals, how will radio
itself change? How are radio and other digital technologies converging? What
FCC regulations and congressional policies will shape radio in the future? This
will include a robust discussion about the status of a broad performance right
for performers, which does not currently exist in the United States.
Jim Griffin CEO, Cherry Lane Digital (moderator) Ann Chaitovitz National Director
of Sound Recordings, AFTRA David Goodman President, Marketing, Infinity
Broadcasting Steve Marks General Counsel, RIAA Chris Mays VP and Program Director, KMTT Seattle John Simson Executive Director, SoundExchange Dave Ulmer Director of Marketing, Media Solutions, Motorola
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch
We have no formal lunch plans this year because
of space considerations, but there are plenty of options within
walking distance of Kaiser.
1:15
– 2:30 PM
Panel 2: Low
Power FM and Community Voices Radio is fundamentally a community megaphone. Two important
bills have been introduced this session. On February
8 – the fifth anniversary of Low Power FM – Senators
McCain, Leahy and Cantwell introduced the Local Community Radio
Act of 2005, a bill that would enable the FCC to license scores
more LPFM stations by eliminating third adjacent channel protections. Then
later in February, Senator McCain presented the Localism in
Broadcasting Act of 2005, which would cut all broadcast station
license terms from eight years to three years and would require
stations to file quarterly reports detailing their community
service and public interest service efforts.
Clearly, Congress and the FCC are focusing on radio’s commitment
to serving local communities. Do Congress and the FCC have
the power to regulate “localism?” How are local stations
serving community needs, especially for musicians? How has Low
Power FM emerged and developed over the past five years? How
will it continue to grow, and who does it serve? A panel of radio
experts, musicians, and policymakers will discuss.
Michael Bracy Policy Director, FMC (moderator) Michael Daum Office of Senator Cantwell (D-WA) William Foster Assistant Principal Violist, National Symphony Orchestra Dan Halyburton Senior VP/GM, Susquehanna Radio Joseph Kluger President, Philadelphia Orchestra Nan Rubin Community Media Services Hannah Sassaman Organizer, Prometheus Radio Project
2:45 – 4:00
PM
Panel 3: Health
Insurance for Musicians Not a week goes by that you don’t hear about a benefit being
organized to help a musician with no health insurance cover medical bills.
Some musicians work extra jobs just to afford or obtain coverage, requiring
them to juggle a music career with a full-time job to maintain benefits.
Others give up, brushing off this necessity as a “luxury.” Why
are musicians far less likely to be covered by basic health insurance?
Is the problem economics, structures, or access to information? What
can we do to improve musicians’ ability to secure affordable health
insurance? What is happening in the space to ensure better access? Jenny Toomey Executive Director, FMC (moderator) Claudia BachAdvisArts Consulting
Adam Forest Executive Director, Fractured Atlas
Suzan Jenkins President, Jazz Alliance, International
Association of Jazz Education Mila Kofman Assistant Research Professor, Georgetown
University Health Policy Institute
Alex Maiolo Partner, Lee-Moore Insurance Matt McConville musician, Annapoiis Musicians' Fund
4:15 – 5:30
PM
Panel 4: Copyright
in the Courts and Congress
Copyright continues to be an issue at the very center of music,
law, technology and policy. How long should creators have control
over their works? How do these balance with consumer rights? How
do copyright owners and creators balance compensation with cultural
contributions in the digital age? This panel will focus on
specific but related copyright issues: the Supreme Court’s
hearing of MGM v Grokster, the US Copyright Office’s
examination of “orphan works”, and the sample clearance
issues brought up by the Bridgeport v Dimension Films case.
Jim Griffin CEO Cherry Lane Digital (moderator)
Jeffrey Cunard Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP
Margot
NassauRoyalties
and Licensing Manager, Smithsonian Folkways Jule Sigall Associate Register
for Policy & International Affairs, US Copyright Office
Gigi SohnPresident, Public Knowledge
5:30 – 6:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: Representative
Diane Watson (D-CA) Chair, Congressional Entertainment Caucus
6:00 PM
Drinks at Red Sage
605 14th Street NW, Washington, DC
