WASHINGTON — The Future Of Music Coalition is pleased to announce the Second Annual Policy Summit – taking place on January 7th and 8th, 2002 at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Over 700 musicians, lawyers, artists, academics, and policymakers will come together to debate the most contentious issues surrounding digital technology and artists’ rights.
The summit will feature the most influential policymakers in the music/technology community, including keynote speakers Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA) (co-chairman of the Congressional Internet Caucus, introduced the “Music Online Competition Act” (MOCA)) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) (the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee and a leading advocate for artists’ rights).
In addition to the keynote speakers, over 65 of the most respected and engaging minds in the music/tech community will be participating as panelists, including; Hilary Rosen (President and CEO, RIAA), Marilyn Bergman (President, ASCAP), Al Franken (Actor and author), Danny Goldberg (President, Artemis Records), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads/garageband.com), Ian MacKaye (Dischord Records/Fugazi), Rick Karr (NPR Cultural Correspondent), Dave Marsh (Journalist), Rob Reid (Founder, Listen.com), Tom Silverman (CEO, Tommy Boy Records), Ted Tanner (Microsoft), Manus Cooney (VP Corporate and Policy Development, Napster), Bruce Lehman (International Intellectual Property Institute) and many more.
The Future of Music Coalition is a not-for-profit, grassroots collaboration between leading independent musicians and experts from the worlds of technology, public policy and intellectual property law. The FMC seeks to educate the media and policymakers about music/technology issues, while also bringing together key stakeholders in an effort to come up with creative solutions to the challenges in this space. The FMC also aims to identify and promote innovative business models that will help independent musicians benefit from new technologies, and work to organize underrepresented musicians from the independent music community to speak out on issues that impact the value of their labor.
Complete list of panelists, CLE credit info and extensive information is available at: www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit0102/
A full conference agenda is available at http://www.futureofmusic.org/images/2002trifold.pdf
Registration costs $750 for the full event, or $400 for either day and includes access to all panels, breakfast and lunch.
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Future of Music Coalition is a national non-profit education, research and advocacy organization that seeks a bright future for creators and listeners. FMC works towards this goal through continuous interaction with its primary constituency — musicians — and in collaboration with other creator/public interest groups. More