SAMPLING: On Monday,
Sept 12, Rick Karr sits down with legendary funk musician George Clinton
and hip-hop producer/Public Enemy founder Hank Shocklee for what’s sure
to be an engaging three-way discussion about creativity, sampling and
compensation. Their discussion will lead right into a larger panel that
will include author Jeff Chang, attorneys Whitney Broussard and Bob Kohn,
and Recording Academy’s Shannon Emamali.
GROKSTER: On June 27, the US Supreme Court handed down its decision
in MGM
v. Grokster. Now, on September 13, some of the major players in this
lawsuit
including the movie and music industry’s lead counsel Don Verrilli,
EFF’s
Fred von Lohmann, RIAA president Cary Sherman, Creative Commons’ counsel
Mia
Garlick, ASCAP’s Chris Amenita and NYU professor Siva Vaidhyanathan will
debate the impact of the Supreme Court decision on musicians and the
music industry.
PAYOLA: On July
25, NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced a
settlement with Sony BMG in his payola investigation. Now, on September
13,
Terryl Brown Clemons, Assistant Deputy Attorney General for the Division
of
Public Advocacy and lead investigator, will explain the implications
of the
settlement as well as what we should expect from Spitzer and the FCC
on
payola in the near future.
CANADA: Similar issues about copyright law and consumer access to music
have been percolating north of the border. During a panel called O Canada,
an unprecedented collection of Canadian experts – David Basskin
President,
Canadian Music Reproduction Rights Agency, Hon. Sarmite D. Bulte, PC
Member
of Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage,
Michael Geist, University of Ottawa and Graham Henderson President, CRIA –
will discuss these emerging issues.
DISTRIBUTION: This Summit includes two panels that explore developments
in
distribution, both online and offline. During "Is Digital Distribution
a
Good Deal for Artists?" panelists representing record labels, distributors,
and music stores including eMusic and RealNetworks will assess revenue
stream issues. "The Changing Face of Distribution" panel includes
the major
names in the retail space – Don VanCleave from CIMS, Jim Donio
from NARM,
Derek Sivers from CD Baby and Jim Urie from Universal Music & Video Distribution.
…and so much more! We’re also doing panels on podcasting,
indecency/censorship, and how technology is affecting less commercially
visible genres of music. Check
out the complete schedule here.
See? It ∗is∗ scrumtrulescent. Register online today.
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See you in September!
