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On May 2, the Future of Music Coalition and the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy held a Policy Day, focusing on the critical issues emerging in the Courts, Congress and at the Copyright Office.
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Event OverviewOver 160 musicians, technologists, attorneys, policymakers, advocates and journalists attended the event. Post-Event PressTechnology and Intellectual Property Policy Day Lobbying Effort to Make Broadcasters Pay Sound Recording Royalties in the Works? If Over the Air Radio had to pay SoundExchange Radio News You Can't Use Congressman Mike Doyle on Media Consolidation & Net Neutrality Music Industry Facing Critical Issues Trade PressSoundExchange Open to Bill Targeting Small Webcasters Copyright Office Plans to Fix 'Mess' with Clean-Slate Approach 'Rationality' Will Prevent 'Slow Death' from Webcasting Rates, Pandora Insists Lack of Radio Airplay has Musicians Turning to Web Musicians' ScholarshipsFMC offers scholarships to every event to make sure that musicians are not left out of the music/technology debate. Thanks to some generous contributions from foundations, technology companies, sponsors, and musician advocacy groups, 20 musicians were able to attend this event for free. |
The ProgramThe event included three panel discussions that addressed emerging issues:
Panels were interspersed with keynotes and one-on-one interviews with high-profile policymakers. KeynotesRepresentative Mike Doyle (D-PA) Member of House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
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About FMC and ACS
Recognizing the shared interests of the policy and law communities on licensing and copyright issues, FMC and the American Constitution Society are joining together to program this event.
Since 2001, FMC has organized five Policy Summits and one DC Policy Day in Washington, DC, each bringing together a spectacular mixture of technologists, attorneys, musicians, managers and industry leaders for discussions about the most compelling music/technology/policy matters. In October 2006 we held our sixth annual Policy Summit in Montreal, Quebec in partnership with McGill University's Schulich School of Music and Pop Montreal where, over the course of three days, 120 panelists and 550 participants debated the issues that are emerging as music promotion and distribution moves to a global, digital platform. In September 2007, the Future of Music Policy Summit will return to Washington, DC. For updates about FMC events, subscribe to our newsletters.
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.
We would like to thank the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for American Progress for hosting this event.
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