August 15, 2005

Hello long lost newsletter friends! We hope you’re having a lovely summer. FMC is currently working on over fifty policy-related issues that affect musicians and citizens. We’ve been so busy that we haven’t had time to stop and let you all know what we’re doing.

Now is a particularly exciting time for musicians, technologists, academics, lawyers, policymakers and citizens to gather together for discussion and debate on the issues surrounding digital technology, artists’ rights and the current state of the music industry. Please register today for FMC’s 5th Annual Policy Summit, September 11-13, 2005 at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium. The schedule of events and panelist lineup is spectacular this year. We look forward to seeing you there.

Dear friends:

As the year winds down, FMC is madly organizing for 2005. While it’s too early to divulge any details, we’re closing in on some opportunities to expand beyond our landmark Policy Summit through some new events that will bring even more issues to the forefront and allow more musicians, academics, advocates, and music fans to join us. 

It’s been an unusually busy summer for us here at FMC. Instead of taking August off like they’re supposed to, Congress has been charging full steam ahead on various issues, while the FCC has been starting important new proceedings, all of which keep us here at FMC typing madly. We’re pleased to present some contributions from FMC summer interns Brett Keller, Juliet Han and Michael Colangelo in this edition of the newsletter – look for more from them in the next few weeks! Also, an administrative apology: in July we switched the newsletter subscribers to a new database and in the process I (Kristin) lost about 8 requests from folks to unsubscribe from the list. Sorry – just send another request to unsubscribe [at] futureofmusic [dot] org and it will be taken care of promptly.