Help

by | Apr 22, 2009 | Advice, Copyright

I have a new page here on New Music Strategies, which outlines some of the ways I can help musicians, and independent music businesses. Naturally, I’ve called it my Help page. I was trying to think of a suitable picture to put at the top of that page, and I had...

Like DRM, only sinister-er?

by | Apr 14, 2009 | Copyright, Legal

I’ve been having conversations today about a ‘non-DRM solution’ to filesharing. This conversation comes up pretty regularly, actually. I’ve now been approached by no less than three companies that would like me to examine, and perhaps endorse...

Coalition for Culture

by | Mar 19, 2009 | Copyright, Legal

I love the music business. I think musicians are great. I believe they do amazing things that are richly deserving of great rewards, the lot of them. I think it’s appropriate that everyone gets whatever they deserve. It’s a hard world, a hard way to make a...

When everything becomes available

by | Mar 9, 2009 | Copyright

You’ve probably already seen this video. It’s doing the rounds. I just wanted to underline the key message it has to offer us. A media artefact has a cultural and creative potential that exceeds its own boundaries. That is to say – when media is open...

PS: There's a bit more to this

by | Nov 29, 2008 | Copyright

A campaign lobbying for blanket extension of copyright for performers produced this very effective video, which is an open letter to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Filmed at Abbey Road Studios in London, it features professional session musicians who put their...