ASCAP Daily Brief, Friday March 7, 2014

Friday, March 07, 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. Tech companies and criminals have made billions supporting the illegal exploitation of our cultural past while ruthlessly pursuing the dismantling of incentives creators need to fashion our cultural future [As creators, we are all cut from the same jib. We all have rights that are our duty to protect. IMPORTANT READ.] From Bestseller to Bust: Is This The End of an Author's Life? By Robert McCrum -- The credit crunch and the internet are making writing as a career harder than it has been for a generation. Robert McCrum talks to award-winning authors who are struggling to make ends meet [Thanks to Thomas D. Sydnor for the link.] RuPaul Put A Decoy Album on Torrenting Sites to Confront Illegal Downloaders... By Nina Ulloa -- RuPaul uploaded a decoy version of his new album, Born Naked, to multiple torrent sites. The tracks seem normal at first, but then RuPaul chimes in with "girrrrl, you done stole my album!" He tells listeners that if they admire or want to support him they should buy his music so he can make a living, saying "the real political power is right up here on the cash register." The Lego Movie Makers in Fight to End Piracy By Jennifer Rajca [Will creators get their fair share? Unlikely.] Google's Arora Says Mobile Will Create Bigger Advertising Pie By Alexei Oreskovic - Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets will vastly expand the number of companies who advertise online and will allow Internet companies to reap more revenue than they have from customers on PCs, Google Inc. Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora said on Wednesday. Trends: The Digital Royalties Debate [Artist -v- Record Company Perspective] By Chris Cooke Getty Opens Up 35 MILLION Images for Free - if You (Em)bed With It By Andrew Orlowski -- Read the fine print before you shack up with the vast agency. FiddleWax Lets You Compose and Record Music on the Go By Eliot Van Buskirk -- Some music-making apps are designed for Jedi-level music producers who can't wait to get back into the studio, while others are for beginners looking to have a little fun. FiddleWax sits somewhere in the middle. Anyone could pick it up and make something resembling music, but if you know your music theory (or are willing to learn by doing), Fiddlewax rewards your knowledge with its versatility. Another Bitcoin Startup Tanks After $600,000 Theft By Andy Greenberg [Invasion of the money snatchers.] Implosion of Bitcoin Exchange Spawns Mutant Digital Currency By Robert McMillan CEO of Bitcoin Exchange Found Dead in Singapore By Associated Press Has Privacy Become a Luxury Good? By Julia Angwin -- It takes a lot of money and time to avoid hackers and data miners. The Internet Of Things: The Real Money Is The Internet, Not The Things By Matt Asay -- The Internet of Things is exploding, but the real opportunity is building pan-device business services. Mark Mothersbaugh On Making Music For TV, Games And Film By David M. Ewalt -- In 1972, Mark Mothersbaugh co-founded the rock band Devo, and four decades later is still lead singer of the hugely influential band. But in his time off-stage, Mothersbaugh has built up an equally impressive body of work as one of our age's most unique and prolific composers. Want to Wake Up to the Smell of Bacon? Enter Oscar Mayer Contest By Salvador Rodriguez -- Oscar Mayer has created an iPhone dongle that functions as an alarm clock by producing the smell of bacon in the morning. But to get one, users will have to enter a contest. The Adele Dazeem Name Generator By Chris Kirk and Jim Festante -- When John Travolta called Idina Menzel "Adele Dazeem" at the Oscars, he created a new standard for superstardom: You're no one until you've had your name mangled by a confused, squinting John Travolta. What's your Travoltified name? Find out with our handy widget! 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. 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