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Friday, January 31, 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 Oral Testimony of David Lowery to House Subcommittee On Courts Intellectual Property and the Internet Jan. 28th, 2014 By David Lowery -- "...interpretations of 'fair use' have become important to my daily life as a singer-songwriter. There are attempts by certain websites and commercial services to pass off as fair use versions of my work that are indistinguishable from licensed copies of my work. As I will demonstrate, these unlicensed copies compete directly with licensed instances of my work. Yet, as a professional singer songwriter, I believe the 'fair use' doctrine as intended by Congress is working in the music industry and should not be expanded." Music App Revenue Up 75% In 2013 By Bruce Houghton 2001 – ASCAP Honors the Rain Dog Himself By ASCAP100 -- Tom Waits performs at the 2001 Pop Awards, where he received the ASCAP Founders Award. An excerpt from his acceptance speech: "To say a few serious things about songs, I guess they're really like vessels. When people migrate, they take with them their seeds and their songs, and I think that's pretty much all you'll need when you get there." How To Get Millions Of People To Download and Use Your Music App By Clyde Smith -- As Co-founder and CEO of Khush, Prerna Gupta led the company to a huge success with mobile music apps such as LaDIDa and Songify before they were acquired by Smule...Recently she shared a few tips for building an app that sells itself. [How SoundExchange licensing works...] SoundExchange: Annual Minimum Webcasting Royalty Fees Due Jan. 31st, 2014 By David M. Silverman -- These webcasting fees are in addition to public performance royalties paid to ASCAP, BMI and SESAC for the underlying musical compositions. Smartphones Reach Milestone: 1 Billion Shipped in 2013 By Salvador Rodriguez Let's Face It: Social TV Is Dead By Janko Roettgers -- As the second-screen space is consolidating, it's time to face reality and admit that social TV is dead, and much of it was a bad idea to begin with. Armed With Facebook Retargeting, Shazam Plans to Survive the Social TV Shake-Out By Tim Peterson -- Shazam, which was introduced in 2002 and eventually became both a must-have smartphone app and a dogged survivor of social-TV attrition, remains unprofitable as it invests, according to executives, in its long-term success. Music Startup Topspin Hit with Significant Layoffs By Janko Roettgers -- The company recently teamed up with Spotify to offer artists a way to directly sell merchandise through its service, and it is also slated to power a similar integration for the recently-launched Beats Music service. The Rise and Fall (And Rise) of the Billion-Dollar Social Network By Dominic Basulto -- It's become fashionable of late to predict the imminent demise of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. It's not only Internet users and social media experts who are adding their voices to the chorus, it's also academics who are starting to question the value of these sites. Flipping the Switches on Facebook's Privacy Controls By Vindu Goel -- If you value your privacy, using the service means determining not only what you want to share, but also who gets to see it. 'ASCAP: One Hundred Years and Beyond' Exhibition to Open 2/13 at Library of Congress An exhibition at the Library of Congress, "ASCAP: One Hundred Years and Beyond," will celebrate the ASCAP Collection at the Library of Congress on the occasion of the organization's centennial, recalling notable moments and artists in its history, exploring its current work and challenges, and looking to its future as a force in mentoring and inspiring the creativity of new generations. These Tiny Windmills Work, and Ten Could Fit in a Grain of Rice By Joseph Flaherty -- Imagine a world where your iPhone was out of juice and there wasn't a lightning cable for miles — wouldn't it be great if you could just blow on your phone to bring it back to life? 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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