It’s been two weeks since the end of our fifth annual Policy Summit. Thanks
to the nearly 500 musicians, advocates, attorneys, professors and music fans
who joined us for this monumental event.
This year’s expanded program included eleven engaging panels, fourteen
lively breakout sessions, three keynote speeches from members of Congress, musical
performances, and a once-in-a-lifetime conversation between funkmaster George
Clinton and Public Enemy producer/co-founder Hank Shocklee about the origins
of hip-hop and the complicated nature of sampling. Over the course of three
days we explored new business models, reviewed key music/technology policy issues,
debated the state of the music industry post-Grokster, talked about sampling,
licensing and transformative works. Breakout sessions covered everything
from how to promote and sell your music online to the legal subtleties of suggested
reforms to Section 115 of the Copyright Act.
Over the past two weeks, we’ve been collecting and archiving information
so that folks who weren’t able to make it in person can listen to these
amazing conversations:
Podcasts of every panel and speech
FMC intern Chris Rupp diligently audio captured all the action in Lisner Auditorium
and created panel-length MP3 archives of the conversations and speeches. You
can listen to audio streams by clicking the "audio" button on the schedule
here
…or access a podcast version, with all panels and speeches neatly indexed here
Video Archive
TV Worldwide videotaped the majority of the panels/speeches in Lisner Auditorium
on Monday and Tuesday, which are available as Windows Media streams here:
http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/iwa/050911/
Panels with video footage are also
tagged on the master schedule here
The footage also includes some special interviews with some of the panelists.
We may be able to supplement this with some additional footage that other folks
shot. Check the media.cfm page for updates.
Photos
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Photos galore from our super photographers Maria Sciarrino:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theoreticalgirl/sets/997475/
and Quentin Lide and Wendy Harman:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quirky/tags/fmcpolicysummit/
Press clips and live blog coverage
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Taking Charge
A conference in the nation’s capital helps indie artists assert control
Joseph McCombs, Village Voice, September 23, 2005
The Future of Music
By Charles Dahlen, Pitchfork, September 23, 2005
Politicos Call for Music Copyright Reform
CNET, September 13, 2005
After Grokster, Taking Peer-to-Peer’s Pulse
The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 13, 2005
Payola, Online Licensing And LPFMs
Bill Holland, Billboard.biz, September 15, 2005
The Art of Multitasking
Preview of Jon Langford shows and Policy Summit
Richard Harrington, Washington Post, September 10, 2005
A sample of folks live blogging at event:
Coolfer
IPTA Blog
Derek Slater
Mayhem & Chaos
Herkko Hietanen/Copyfraud
Technorati
links to MANY other blogs
Google
links to other blogs
How can we make this event better?
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We want to make each conference better than the last, so we’ve built online forms
for collecting feedback about the location, date, programming and general organization.
Tell us who or what we’re missing, or how the event could improve. Your participation
in this is anonymous and confidential.
If you were at the Summit, fill out this evaluation form:
http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit05/eval.cfm
If you were NOT at the Summit, here’s a form where you can tell us why,
or what would make the event more compelling, or easier to attend:
http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit05/survey.cfm
What’s next? FMC has already been plotting our events for 2006, which
may take us out of the Beltway to new destinations. Stay tuned to this
newsletter for developments!