Schedule
Sunday, Oct 4 | Monday, Oct 5 | Tuesday, Oct 6
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12:00 PM – 12:10 PM |
Welcome |
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12:15 PM – 1:15 PM McNeir Auditorium |
Music 2.0: How Musicians Can Use Technologies to Promote and Distribute Their Work Thanks to the internet, there are now a mind-boggling array of tools and services that help musicians and independent labels promote, distribute and sell their music. But which services work? What are the best strategies for... Read More »
Kristin Thomson Education Director, Future of Music Coalition |
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1:15 PM – 2:15 PM McNeir Auditorium |
Super Social: Promotion and Networking Success Stories With every passing month, there are even more new social networking tools that musicians can use to promote their music and reach out to fans. Now the problem is one of abundance: which ones work? To what should musicians dedicate their... Read More »
Ariel Hyatt Founder and Owner, Ariel Cyber PR |
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2:30 PM – 3:30 PM McNeir Auditorium |
Digital Ducats: Getting Paid in the Networked Age Co-presented by Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts With technology so drastically changing the music landscape, there are suddenly dozens of new ways that artists can generate revenue. In addition to money from traditional CD sales and live shows, there's now income from digital downloads... Read More »
Yvonne Harris Burnley Attorney, Seventh House Music Publishing Ltd. |
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3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
McNeir Auditorium |
DC101: A Musician's Guide to the Policy Landscape Webcasting rates. Copyright clauses. Media ownership. Spectrum policy. In a surprising number of cases, how musicians and songwriters are compensated, and how much access they have to the media, are affected by policies made in Washington, DC. Read More »
Michael Bracy Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition |
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5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Intercultural Center (ICC) |
Screening of Copyright Criminals
Co-presented by ITVS's Community Cinema program and The Georgetown College Film and Media Studies Initiative, Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. The film showcases many of hip-hop music's founding figures like Public Enemy, De La Soul, and Digital Underground—while also featuring emerging hip-hop artists from record labels Definitive Jux, Rhymesayers, Ninja Tune, and more. Filmmaker Kembrew McLeod and attorney Tony Berman will lead a Q&A session directly following the screening. Copyright Criminals is a co-production of ITVS and will premiere in the 2009-2010 season of the Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary series "Independent Lens." |
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7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Nam Viet |
Welcome Pho Dinner Make sure you get into town early enough to kick off the Policy Summit at FMC's traditional opening night Pho dinner. Our Pho dinners at Nam Viet set the stage for an incredibly friendly event, so join us for delicious soup and a debate warm-up. Click here for directions NAM VIET It's a short walk from the Clarendon Metro stop (orange line), just off Wilson Blvd. RSVPs go to Nicole Duffey at nicole@futureofmusic.org. |
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9:00 AM – 9:20 AM |
Welcome from FMC |
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9:25 AM – 10:40 AM Gaston Hall |
The New DIY: Creative Control in an Accelerated World Two of the most pressing demands facing musicians in the digital age are how to earn a living and maintain control of their careers. Today’s artists can choose numerous methods of getting their music to fans. But what strategies will yield the best long-term results? How can artists and entrepreneurs re-engineer the DIY model for the digital age? Read More » Bertis Downs Advisor, R.E.M. This panel has been approved for 1.0 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits by the Virginia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board. |
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10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Gaston Hall |
Scratch That: The Sample License Clearance Process and Artist Compensation Due to digital technology, sampling — the practice of using borrowed musical elements in new works — has never been easier. This, in turn, raises bigger questions about copyright, compensation, licensing and creativity. Expert legal and cultural academics Peter DiCola and Kembrew McLeod will discuss the inefficiencies of the current sample licensing structure, while talking about new ideas for compensating artists while encouraging cutting-edge creativity. Read More » Tony Berman Founder, Berman Entertainment and Technology Law This panel has been approved for 1.0 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits by the Virginia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board. |
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12:05 PM – 12:50 PM Gaston Hall |
Keynote by Senator Al Franken
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| 12:50 PM – 2:00 PM |
Lunch Break
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2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Gaston Hall |
Keynote by FCC Chair Julius Genachowski
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2:35 PM – 3:50 PM
Gaston Hall |
Shattering the Crystal Ball: Peering Beyond the Digital Revolution Over the past ten years, many experiments have been tried as a counterbalance to the shift in the music landscape brought about by digital technologies and the vast increase in access to broadband: DRM on songs, major-label-owned music services, licensed P2P and lawsuits against companies and individuals, to name a few. Have previous policy choices — from the airwaves to the internet — had their intended effect? What have we learned in the past nine years, and where do we go next? Read More »
Peter Jenner Sincere Management; President Emeritus, IMMF This panel has been approved for 1.0 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits by the Virginia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board. |
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4:10 PM – 5:25 PM Gaston Hall |
Up in your Bits: Intellectual Property, Privacy and Network Rights This panel will explore the growing tensions between intellectual property, consumer privacy and network rights. Should ISPs engage in filtering, deep packet inspection or throttling to limit unauthorized filesharing? Should the privacy rights of social media users and services outweigh the need to monitor for possible infringement? Are lawsuits against YouTube and other hubs for user-driven content effective? Read More »
Harold Feld Legal Director, Public Knowledge This panel has been approved for 1.0 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits by the Virginia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board. |
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5:30 PM – 6:15 PM Gaston Hall |
NPR Music: Making Music Matter On-Air and Online While some would argue that radio’s heyday as an arbiter of taste is quickly being supplanted by online music services and iPods, there are exciting things going on with public radio. NPR Music and its partners stations have embraced technological change and jumped into webcasting, podcasting, blogging, social networks, HD radio and partnering with local venues to produce and promote shows. This special segment will examine how public radio is curating content and embracing technology to stretch the boundaries of how on-the-air radio can affect culture and community. Read More »
Bob Boilen Host and creator of NPR's All Songs Considered |
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6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Epicurean and Company |
Merge Records Cocktail Party After today's panels, all attendees are invited to a cocktail party hosted by Merge Records at the Epicurean and Company restaurant on Georgetown's campus. Come join us for light food, drinks and celebration of Merge Records' 20 years of rock and roll. All registered attendees are welcome! |
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8:30 PM – 11:00 PM Rock and Roll Hotel |
Musicians Bringing Musicians Home Benefit Show Rock out for a cause with Bonerama, Wayne Kramer of MC5, Erin McKeown, Martín Perna and special guests. Learn more or buy tickets now (use password "bonerama"). |
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9:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
Entertainment Law Ethics Entertainment law is a highly competitive practice in which the lawyer often assumes nontraditional legal roles and responsibilities. In the last decade, the lawyer's role has become even more complex as emerging technologies and industry changes have compounded existing ethical issues. Read More » Ken Abdo Vice President and co-chair of Entertainment Law Department, Lommen Abdo Law Firm This panel has been approved for 2.0 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Ethics credits by the Virginia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board. |
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9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Gaston Hall |
Welcome from FMC |
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9:10 AM – 12:45 PM Gaston Hall |
Ideas, not Ideology: Visions of a Fitter Future for Music Over the past decade, there's been a lot of looking backwards, with a tendency to itemize the failures of the music industry to respond to technology-driven changes. Some rearview glancing is necessary to avoid the missteps of recent history, but hindsight is always 20-20. It's equally important to look ahead to a future where music and digital technology can coexist... Read More » Presentations by/Conversations with: |
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Lunch Break
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2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Georgetown Hotel & Conference Center |
Two-Hour Simultaneous Breakout Sessions (overlap both rounds 1 and 2) Critical Condition: The Future of Music Journalism Maura Johnston Editor, Idolator Post-Millennium Analysis: The DMCA in the 21st Century Jonathan Band Owner, Policybandwidth Note: This panel has been approved for 1.5 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits by the Virginia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board. |
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2:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
Simultaneous Breakout Sessions - Round 1 The New Musicians' Toolbox Duncan Freeman Founder, Band Metrics Tag: Metadata's Growing Role in Artist Compensation Rob Kaye Founder and Lead Developer, MusicBrainz What Borders? Music Licensing, Cultural Preservation and Artist Compensation in an Increasingly International Marketplace David Basskin President, CMRRA |
| 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM Georgetown Hotel & Conference Center |
Simultaneous Breakout Sessions - Round 2 The Cloud vs. The Paradise of Infinite Storage (Or, When Infinities Collide) Sandy Pearlman Visiting Professor, McGill University; Producer, Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash Artists as Agents of Social Change Scott Goodstein Founder, Revolution Messaging Home Is Where the Art Is: Culture Meets State and Local Policy Bruce Fife President, American Federation of Musicians Local 99 Music as a Service: A Q&A with Jim Griffin of Choruss Jim Griffin Founder, Choruss |
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4:30 PM – 5:45 PM Gaston Hall |
Final Session FMC's Michael Bracy and Jean Cook and a stellar panel of artists facilitate a town-hall style culmination of three days of speeches, panels, workshops and presentations. As a community, we will explore the ideas that provoked, inspired or even angered us...and we will focus on what comes next. Nicole Atkins Musician |
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6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Eighteenth Street Lounge |
Cocktail Party Join us for drinks, snacks and a special DJ set by Martín Perna of Ocote Soul Sounds/Antibalas.
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* All items and speakers subject to change






















