ASCAP Daily Brief

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

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 NMPA Targets Unlicensed Lyric Sites, Rap Genius Among 50 Sent Take-Down Notices By Alex Pham -- The NMPA said it has sent take-down notices to 50 sites identified in an October report by University of Georgia researcher David Lowery as likely not having licenses to publish lyrics. The notices demand that the sites obtain licenses or remove copyrighted lyrics from their sites. [Video: View the press conference.] [And, what might judgements look like if the lyric sites chose to go to court?] Peermusic, Bug, Warner, Others Win $6.6 Million in LiveUniverse Lyrics Lawsuit By Eriq Gardner [From October 11th, 2012] Weekly Copyright Issues Wrap Up...November 8th, 2013  By the American Continental Group (ACG) Is Bitcoin the New Pirate Currency of Choice? By Ellen Seidler Twitter Isn't Profitable. And Neither Are These Other Huge Public Companies By David Holmes How the US Lost Out on iPhone Work By Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher -- Apple has become one of the most admired companies on earth, but Apple and many of its high-technology peers are not nearly as avid in creating American jobs as other companies were in their heydays. Take a Peek Inside Apple's Spaceship Headquarters With These All-New Pics By Kyle VanHemert Judge Koh Allows Gmail Wiretapping Case to Proceed By Rachel Paxton-Gillilan -- US District Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that this type of practice could violate the federal Wiretap Act, rejecting Google's attempt to dismiss the case. America's Great Music Towns: Meet Kansas City... By Matt Diehl -- Way back in the '20s and '30s, Kansas City first got put on the musical map as one of the most esteemed locales for jazz and blues in the country, famed for the nightclubs dotting the neighborhood around 18th Street and Vine. Kansas City was the birthplace of jazz legend Charlie Parker, and the likes of Count Basie and Lester Young made their names there, as did locals like blues titan Big Joe Turner. [Get those filthy things out of your nose!] Stop Wearing Your Earphones the Wrong Way By Michael Calore 10 Legendary Hollywood Screw-Ups 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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