In a brief filed September 22nd, the Writers Guild of America, West, the Future of Music Coalition, and NAMAC ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to uphold the FCC’s order and reject the challenge brought by the USTA. Future of Music CEO (and NAMAC Board President) Casey Rae said of the brief: read more

Three US organisations representing creators — Future of Music Coalition (FMC), Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW), and the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) — have filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to uphold the Federal Communications Commission’s ruling in favour of net neutrality. The United States Telecom Association and ISPs are seeking to invalidate in Court the FCC’s decision made earlier this year.

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Creators back FCC’s net neutrality rules

The Future of Music Coalition (FMC), Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW), and the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) have filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to uphold the Federal Communications Commission’s ruling in favour of net neutrality. The United States Telecom Association and ISPs are seeking to invalidate in Court the FCC’s decision made earlier this year. (Music Week)

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Other amici, including the lawmakers, said the current “consumer definition” of the provision of broadband Internet access services (BIAS) as one that enables people to access content and services offered by edge providers, should support the FCC’s reclassification. ISPs have argued in the docket that their provision of BIAS cannot be separated from the provision of Title I information services.

“ISPs are the computer-aided, faster versions of Federal Express, UPS, or Union Pacific,” the Writers Guild of America, West, Inc., Future of Music Coalition and National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture said in their joint brief. read more

Johnson’s piece, of course, rankled people who have devoted a lot of time to pondering this issue. The Future of Music Coalition penned a lengthy response to the article on their website, basically saying that statistics about wages do not take into account the widely varying amounts of success that people employed in the industry experience. Not everyone can be Kanye West but throwing a few people of his stature into the numbers paints a different picture than the reality faced by typical artists.

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