ASCAP Daily Brief

Wednesday, November 13, 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 It's Not All About What We Want By David Newhoff -- When it comes to innovation, real innovation, in either creative works or technological advancement, the endeavor is rarely about delivering what the market thinks it wants, but about providing something new we consumers didn't know we wanted until we had it. Everyman Meets a Copyright Radical By Graham Smith -- This economics textbook says that consumption of a public good is non-rivalrous and non-excludable. So an unlimited number of people can take a free ride on the author's creative investment. That leads to underproduction of creative works. This Is What Passes for Discussion with the CopyLeft By Tom Giovanetti -- Apparently the folks over at Engadget sponsored a conference in New York this past Sunday, and of course they did a panel on copyright policy. Of course they did. But balance wasn't apparently high on the agenda... The Scariest Line Lurking In Facebook's Recent Results By Tim Worstall -- As we can see from the stock price, the market really rather liked Facebook's recent results. But buried in there was one particular little line that could cause serious problems in the future. Here's Where Teens Are Going Instead Of Facebook By Parmy Olson -- New research shows they're flocking to mobile chat-and-photo sharing apps WeChat, Vine and Flickr. Netflix, YouTube Make up More than Half of 'Downstream' Internet Traffic in North America By Dan Nakaso Google Glass Star Trek Vision and Music By Michael Smith -- The newest feature for Google Glass will be unveiled on Tuesday. Now the futuristic eyewear can access digital music and not only search for new music, but scan through the wearer's playlists and listen to what they have favorited in high quality digital sound. Sean 'Diddy' Combs Hopes to Drive Music Lovers to Revolt  By Ryan Faughnder -- Revolt TV is Sean "Diddy" Combs' attempt to revive music television for the age demographic of those 18 to 34, also known as millennials, by delivering programming driven in part by social media...[Thanks to Michelle Kay for the link.] A Model for Breaking the Rules and Making Money in Music By Jonathan Blum -- "Everything we do is about creating a personal relationship with the audience," Tim Munro said as he explained to me his unlikely, Digital Age musicbusiness success story... [Kudos to a couple of good friends.] Foliart & Hamilton Encourage Kids to "Read All About It!" By ASCAP -- On Friday September 20th, the 13th National Book Festival in Washington, DC featured ASCAP composer and Board member Dan Foliart and ASCAP writer Arthur Hamilton in the premiere performance of their song, "Read All About It!" The song kicked off the opening evening's gala event held at the Great Hall of the Library of Congress. Walk Around A Beatles Abbey Road Recording Session - Amazing By Russ Hughes The Incredibly Stupid Conversation That Birthed Spinal Tap... By Dangerous Minds 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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