About Us |
 |
About FMC
Future of Music Coalition is a national non-profit education, research and advocacy organization that identifies, examines, interprets and translates the challenging issues at the intersection of music, law, technology and policy. FMC achieves this through continuous interaction with its primary constituency - musicians - and in collaboration with other creator/citizen groups.
About FMC Events
Widely praised by advocates and industry alike, FMC's Policy Summits have built a reputation as "a kind of Geneva where all sides in any number of contentious music industry fights can get together and play nice for a few days." Even more importantly, the Policy Summits offer policymakers "a rare opportunity to hear musicians articulate their concerns in person instead of relying on competing lobbying groups that claim to espouse their interests" (Washington Post, May 6, 2004).
It is our continuing goal to bring the best and brightest people together to discuss the most critical issues impacting our community. FMC's events direct the agenda towards guarding the value of music for musicians, and guarding access to music for music consumers. In addition, we look to the future and discuss the various models the music industry might adopt in coming years.
It is our belief that by continuing to organize events such as this one we will help the media, citizens, creators and our elected officials and policy makers have a more sophisticated understanding of the opportunities and effects of these new technologies on guarding the value of music for musicians, and guarding access to music for citizens.
About the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) is one of the nation's leading progressive legal organizations. Founded in 2001, ACS is a rapidly growing network of lawyers, law students, scholars, judges, policymakers and other concerned individuals. ACS's mission is to ensure that fundamental principles of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice enjoy their rightful, central place in American law. Click here to learn more about The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. ACS aims to revitalize and transform the legal and policy debates occurring in law school classrooms, federal and state courtrooms, legislative hearing rooms and the media. ACS has student and lawyer chapters all across the country, and hosts programs and projects at both the national and local level.
FMC and ACS would like to thank the Center for American Progress for graciously offering to host this event.
SubscribeFMC Events News Event Archives
Policy Summit 2006 |
