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"Copyright theft is theft as in identity, not in car."
Richard Bennett - Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
NMPA and Fullscreen Reach Settlement Agreement Press release -- The settlement will enable music publishers that opt in to the agreement to receive compensation for previous use of their works in these videos. Moving forward,
Fullscreen will work with music publishers to license musical works. Fullscreen affiliated channels with videos containing music will be licensed under YouTube's direct licenses with music publishers, and Fullscreen will remove video content containing unlicensed music that appear on Fullscreen managed channels. ... "This settlement demonstrates the fundamental value of songwriters and their music publishing partners, and highlights NMPA's mission to fight for fair compensation and protection of songwriters' rights," said David Israelite, NMPA president and CEO.
The Real Story Behind Hollywood's VillainBy Sabrina Schaeffer -- CBS's
60 Minutes ran a human interest story Sunday night on "Hollywood's Villain," also known as Kim Dotcom, the founder of the $2.5 billion file sharing company Megaupload. The story was an interesting, voyeuristic view into DotCom's background and lavish lifestyle; but it missed an important opportunity to explain why the case against DotCom and Megaupload is really so serious [Thanks to Neil Turkewitz for the link.]
Meet the New Boss: YouTube's Monopoly on VideoBy Chris Castle -- Take a look at this graph and ask yourself how did this come to pass? Then ask yourself what would it take for a television network to get to the same position without manipulating the market and search fixing?
[Be sure your head is screwed on tightly. This could blow your mind.]
Silicon Valley for the NSA's Data Slurp... and What to Do About ItBy Andrew Orlowski -- Widespread ridicule has greeted the announcement that eight giant technology companies led by Google and including Facebook and LinkedIn were going to save us from the NSA. The ridicule is thoroughly justified, for trusting giant corporations - whose business models rely on selling your identity to advertisers - to safeguard your privacy is like hiring a kleptomaniac to guard the sweet shop. ...Before we can understand why tech/media companies can't protect the individual, and why their "solutions" are impoverishing us, ...we need to see how complicit the data business was with the behavior of the intelligence agencies.
[Do you really want Google in your pocket?]
2014 Expected to be Android's Billion-Unit Year Thanks to Post-PC ShiftsBy Stuart Dredge -- More than one billion Android devices are expected to ship this year, according to research firm Gartner. It expects 1.1bn Google-powered smartphones and tablets to ship in 2014, driven by surging demand for these devices in the developing world as well as established Western markets. ...Android's popularity is likely to be a big spur for the growth of digital entertainment services, including music.
$1 Billion as Milestone and OmenBy David Gelles and Claire Cain Miller -- Silicon Valley today is a huge, undulating bubble. But which companies are overvalued and which are not is the $1 billion question.
SmartEQ Remembers Settings for Each Song on iOSBy Eliot Van Buskirk -- EQ not something many of us put a ton of thought into, each and every time we tap the play button. But as with anything, some people become obsessed, dialing in precise equalization settings for each song in their iTunes library. ...If you know exactly how you want each song to sound,
SmartEQ can do that...
[This story is a much more interesting than the tease.]
Multiple PersonalitiesBy Baynard Woods -- Classical pianist
Kevin Gift began to make digital music after a problem with his left index finger initially made it impossible for him to play. ...Wendel Patrick and Kevin Gift are the same person, with four separate albums out in early January.
[When Gay Bryant coined the phrase "Glass Ceiling" in 1984 I'm pretty sure she didn't have this in mind as a way of breaking it.]
Never Mind the Résumé. How Hot Is the C.E.O.?By Andrew Ross Sorkin -- A study suggests that investors give higher share values to companies run by attractive chief executives. ...Call it the "C.E.O. beauty premium."
DEAN KAYDean 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).
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