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Thursday, January 16, 2014

We are pleased to offer you the ASCAP Daily Brief powered by The Dean's List This daily email, compiled by ASCAP Board member, music publisher and songwriter Dean Kay, cuts through the media clutter to bring you links to the most relevant news and commentary on the rapidly evolving music industry and how it affects your future livelihood. Now the ASCAP Daily Brief can be accessed on the Headlines page of ASCAP.com and in the ASCAP RSS Feed. "Copyright theft is theft as in identity, not in car." Richard Bennett - Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Don Henley Talks Google Versus Musicians By The Trichordist -- "In the technocratic world of Google (which owns YouTube), my musical brethren and I are no longer artists; we're not creators — we are merely "content providers"... VIDEO: Publishing Rights Victory By TouchVision -- Youtube multichannel, Fullscreen, is deleting all videos with unlicensed music from its creators' channels. The company settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with the National Music Publishers' Association. Video Tools: YouTube Adds Comments Manager, Vimeo Upgrades Player & More By Clyde Smith 1986 – Morton Gould Elected ASCAP President By ASCAP100 -- Morton Gould, the sought-after composer of classical music, musicals and ballets, is elected President of ASCAP in 1986. During his eight years as President, he guided ASCAP through the early years of the advent of the internet... Shazam and SoundHound Take from Radio and Give to Streaming By Brad Hill -- Shazam and SoundHound were founded on the idea of real-world music recognition, but recently have increasingly added features that close the circle back into listening services. They act as on-ramps to streaming music. Pandora Adds Recommendations, Pushing Stock Even Higher By Brad Hill -- Today Pandora announced the addition of personalized recommendations in its iOS and Android mobile apps. Whether that justifies a stock spike is arguable, but the new feature does help solve a usability problem for Pandora, and could increase listener hours while retaining active users — two of Pandora's key metrics. Quoted: On Tracking Shoppers via Their Smartphones By Levi Sumagaysay Google Can Buy Nest, But It Can't Buy Our Trust By Dan Hon -- Google — whose self-described mission is to organize all the world's information — just bought Nest with $3.2 billion cash. On the surface, they're getting a four-year-old company that makes smart thermostats and smoke alarms. But when you probe deeper, you realize they're actually getting much more. Feigning Deafness, Giving Your Dog's Email and Other Reader Tips to Thwart Privacy Grubbers By Nicole Perlroth Secretive Apple Squirms in Gaze of U.S. Monitor By Matthew Goldstein -- An inspector appointed by a federal judge to make sure that Apple complies with antitrust laws has drawn strong objections from the company, which says he is intruding on operations. Apple Will Refund at Least $32.5M in App Case By Jennifer C. Kerr -- Apple will refund at least $32.5 million to consumers to settle a federal case involving purchases that kids made without their parents' permission while playing on mobile apps... Google and Apple Surge Ahead in Race for Patents By Klint Finley Finally, Here's A Powerful Person Who Uses Twitter Like A Human, And It's Amazing By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry [Free eBook] Building Your Website: A Step-By-Step Guide for Bands & Musicians By Dave Cool -- If you're building a new website or simply looking to improve your current one, "Building Your Website: A Step-By-Step Guide for Bands and Musicians" aims to help all musicians make an effective website for their music. These Movies Are 30 Years Old? By Michael Griffin The Rejection Letters That Burned Everyone From George Orwell to Aspiring Clowns By Angela Watercutter -- Even great writers like George Orwell suffered setbacks, like when his novel Animal Farm was rejected as a "stupid and pointless fable" by Knopf Publishers in 1945. We Interviewed the Founder of Yeezianity, the First Religion Based on Kanye West By Eric Sundermann -- It's no secret that Kanye West sees himself as a god, so I guess it was just a matter of time until a religion formed around him. Enter the best religion of all time: Yeezianity. DEAN KAY Dean Kay has been at the helm of some of the most highly respected and forward thinking music publishing companies in the world, first as COO of the Welk Music Group, then as President/CEO of the US division of the PolyGram International Publishing Group, and now as President/CEO of his own precedent setting venture, Lichelle Music Company. Prior to his involvement in publishing, he was a successful songwriter, having had hundreds of his compositions recorded - including "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra. Mr. Kay has been a member of the Board of Directors of ASCAP since 1989 and is Chairman of its New Technologies Committee. He is also on the Board of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA). The ASCAP Daily Brief-Powered by The Dean's List is intended as a guide to direct music professionals to key articles about issues facing the entertainment industry. Recipients are encouraged to read further about the issues by accessing the complete article through the links provided. Author attribution is provided with each article, and none of the links allow readers to by-pass subscription archive gateways. Please note that all editorial comments are indicated in brackets. Questions? Comments? Please Contact Us

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