MUTEK2008: Friday, May 30th
Panel 3: Copyright VS Creativity
Covering such topics as sampling, piracy and copyright in general, the star of this panel was undoubtedly producer and Hyperdub label manager Kode 9, also known as Steve Goodman in real life. Starting with a few anecdotes about the Kafka-esque process of clearing samples with a major label, [...]
With the radical growth of music file sharing in North America from 1999, especially in the under-30 age demographic, many who earn their livelihood in the music industry are of the opinion that this is in some way related to industry practices… that the industry had sown the seeds of its own demise through the [...]
More news from the Future of Music Summit at McGill last weekend.
A State of Independents: The Changing Definition of Indie
Jenny Toomey Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition
Molly Neuman Director Label Relations, eMusic
Ian Ilavsky Co-Owner, Constellation Records
Jeff Waye Label Owner, Ninja Tune / Big Dada / Counter / Third Side Music
Jeff Remedios, Arts and Crafts [...]