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Episode 1: Level up, ppl
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
Silk City
Philadelphia, PA
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Episode 2: Digital Love
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008
Silk City
Philadelphia, PA
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Episode 3: Kiss My RSS
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009
Silk City
Philadelphia, PA
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DC Policy Day
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009
National Geographic Building
Washington, DC
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Episode 4: Threads and Cred
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009
Silk City
Philadelphia, PA
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EVENT ARCHIVES
"What's The Future for Musicians?" New York City
Musician education seminar
Monday, October 6, 2008
The Public Theater
New York, NY
Event details | Press release
Creative License: A Conversation About Music, Sampling and Fair Use
Sampling panel discussion
Monday, October 6, 2008
The Public Theater
New York, NY
Event details | Press release
"What's The Future for Musicians?" Chicago
Musician education seminar
Monday, September 22, 2008
Old Town School of Folk Music
Chicago, IL
Event details | Press release
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back: A conversation with Public Enemy
A free discussion about the making of this seminal album, featuring Chuck D, members of PE's production team and music media experts.
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
July 17, 2008
Press release | Details | Blog post
Musicians Get the Hint about Health Insurance: A Benefit for Drew Glackin and FMC's HINT program
May 3: Pour House, Raleigh, NC
May 4: Sadlack's Heroes, Raleigh, NC
Press release | Donate
"What's The Future for Musicians?" Free Seminars
in upstate New York
Buffalo, April 2
Rochester, April 28
Syrcause, April 29
Albany, April 30
Event Details
Rock the Net show
featuring Philadelphia bands Beretta 76, Victor Victor Band, KeN and Surgeon
Tritone
Philadelphia, PA
February 23, 2008
OK Go + Bonerama benefit show
for New Orleans musicians
Washington, DC
February 2, 2008
Musicians Bringing Musicians Home III
Benefit Concerts for Sweet Home New Orleans
House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
January 10, 2008
Tipitinas, New Orleans, LA
January 11, 2008
Press release
FMC @ Art Presenters Conference
New York, NY
January 11-15, 2008
Hope for Home: a benefit cocktail party for Sweet Home New Orleans and Al "Carnival Time" Johnson
Washington, DC
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Seventh Annual
Future of Music Policy Summit
Betts Theatre
George Washington University Washington, DC
September 17-18, 2007
Event Details | Press Release
Musicians Bringing Musicians Home II
A Benefit Concert for Sweet Home New Orleans featuring: Indigo Girls, Damian Kulash of OK Go, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Matt Nathanson, Pamela Z...and special guests
Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
May 27, 2007
Technology and IP Policy Day
Presented in partnership with the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Washington, DC
May 2, 2007
FMC @ 50th Annual Arts Presenters Conference
New York, NY
January 19-24, 2007
FMC @ International Association of Jazz Education Conference
New York, NY
January 11, 2007
FMC @ Chamber Music America Conference
New York, NY
January 11-14, 2006
Musicians Bringing
Musicians Home
A Benefit Concert for Arabi Wrecking Krewe, New Orleans Musicians' Clinic and Tipitinas Foundation featuring: Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Boots Riley from The Coup, Corin Tucker from Sleater-Kinney, Mike Mills from R.E.M., Tom Morello from Audioslave...and special guests
Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
November 6, 2006
Sixth Annual
Future of Music Policy Summit
McGill University
Schulich School of Music
Montreal, Canada
October 5-7, 2006
FMC's Kristin Thomson at ADISQ
Conference
Montreal, Canada
April 19-20, 2006
FMC's Walter McDonough
on panel at ABA's annual Intellectual Property Conference
Alexandria, VA
April 6-8, 2006
Music
for the Future of Music
Benefit Show
Knitting Factory, NYC
March 24, 2006
FMC at SXSW 2006
Austin, TX
March 15-19, 2006
FMC
at 49th Annual
Arts Presenters Conference
New York Hilton, NYC
January 21-24,
2006
FMC Policy Summit 2005
FMC @ Tribeca Film Fest 2005
DC Policy Day 2005
FMC Policy Summit 2004
Music Law Summit West 2004
Fixing
Radio 2004
Tell Us The Truth Tour 2003
FMC Policy Summit 2003
FMC Policy Summit 2002
FMC Speaking Tour 2001
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MOST RECENT
FMC Analysis: Election Impact on Artists and the Music Community
November 5, 2008
Analysis | (PDF)
FMC Files Brief at 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to Protect Creative Expression
July 2, 2008
Press release | Indecency amicus brief (PDF)
FMC Files Reply Comments in FCC Localism Proceeding
June 11, 2008
Filing | Press release
Testimony of Damian Kulash from OK Go before the House Judiciary Anti-Trust Task Force hearing on Net Neutrality
Damian Kulash from the band OK Go testifies in favor of net neutrality before the House Judiciary Committee.
March 11, 2008
Written testimony | Spoken testimony, including video clips
FMC Files Request for Declaratory Ruling regarding Clear Channel Actions at Federal Communications Commission
July 13, 2007
Filing | Press release FMC Statement on Federal Trade Commission Report on Net Neutrality
June 29, 2007
FMC files testimony with House Small Business Committee on CRB Webcasting Rates
June 27, 2007
Press Release | Testimony
Clear Channel strips local, independent artists of digital performance royalties
FMC has discovered that Clear Channel's online application for local and independent artists to submit their music for airplay on each of its stations requires the artist to approve a licensing agreement that does away with their digital performance right.
June 22, 2007
Low Power Radio Gets New Push in Congress
Congress introduces bills to create hundreds of new low power FM radio stations to cities and suburbs across the country.
June 22, 2007
FMC Organizes "Musicians Bringing Musicians Home II"
May 23, 2007
Congressman Mike Doyle to address conference on music, law and technology
April 25, 2007
A2IM Endorses Rock the Net Campaign
April 17, 2007
Music Mashes with Policy at upcoming Technology and IP Policy Day
April 16, 2007
FMC Applauds FCC Payola Settlement
April 13, 2007
Major Artists To Join Launch of Rock the Net Campaign for Net Neutrality
March 23, 2007
FMC Statement on CRB Webcasting Rates
March 19, 2007
FMC Files Reply Comments in FCC Media Ownership Proceeding
January 17, 2007
FMC Statement on FCC Payola Settlement
January 16, 2007
Radio Station Ownership Consolidation Shown to Harm Musicians and the Public
December 13, 2006
Read press release
Read report
Testimony of Jenny Toomey at FCC Media Ownership Hearing
Nashville, TN
December 11, 2006
Read FMC testimony
Link to FCC webcast
FMC and AFM File Joint Comments at FCC in 2006 Media Ownership
Proceeding
October 23, 2006
Executive Summary
PDF of comments
Job
Losses Associated with Radio Consolidation Undermine Localism and Diversity
FMC urges FCC to take employment effects of their policies into account during
upcoming review of media ownership rules
August 9, 2006
FMC on Preserving the Dynamism of the Internet
Opinion Piece on ABC News
June 29, 2006
FMC Statement on Senate Commerce Committee Vote in Support of LPFM
June 28, 2006
FMC Statement on FCC Media Ownership Proceeding
June 21, 2006
Indie-rock revolution, fueled by net neutrality
Op-ed by FMC's Jenny Toomey and Michael Bracy
June 13, 2006
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Fact sheets for NY State musicians on resources, health insurance, traveling with instruments, touring internationally, orphan works SoundExchange, HD radio, low power FM and stations in NY State
FMC and realizePhiladelphia present web.illish.us
October 29, 2008
More Static: A2IM and FMC Report on Independent Music and Commerical Airplay
October 20, 2008
Ensemble Digital: Kronos Quartet's Sidney Chen on the Open Inernet
August 21, 2008
Change That Tune: A Payola Education Guide for Musicians and Citizens
June 12, 2008
Most recent FMC Newsletter
October 24, 2008
FMC's Latest Fact Sheets
Untangling Net Neutrality: A Music Advocate's Perspective
August 9, 2007
The Changing Sounds of Arts and Culture on the Radio
August 1, 2007
Do you know how to sign up to collect your digital
performance royalties?
A SoundExchange Primer
October 2004
Creating Culture: Artist Web Tools and Resources Blog
January 2007
Major Label Contract Critique
October 2001
FMC Radio Study: "Radio Deregulation: Has it Served Citizens
and Musicians?"
November 2002
FMC Docket Analysis: Analysis of the Public Comments filed
at the FCC on the Broadcast Ownership Docket
May 2003
Press Release | Docket
Tally
iTunes Music Store Analysis
July 2003
The CARP Fact Sheet
May 2002
The Library: essential reading
for musicians |
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about FMC's ongoing original research projects.
Change That Tune: A Payola Education Guide for Musicians and Citizens
June 12, 2008
FMC Report: "False Premises, False Promises: A History of Ownership Consolidation in the Radio Industry"
December 13, 2006
FMC Report on "Employment and Wage Effects of Radio Consolidaton"
August 9, 2006
Pew Internet & American
Life Project Releases Benchmark Study on Musicians,
Artists and the Internet
December 5, 2004
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report
read about project
FMC press release
FMC's Analysis of the Public Comments in the FCC Docket on Media
Ownership
May 2003
FMC Radio Study: "Radio Deregulation: Has It Served Citizens
and Musicians?" November
2002
Musicians and Health Insurance: analysis of the problem and
results of an online survey of musicians
August 2002
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A veritable treasure trove of articles, interviews
and policy reviews, mostly written by FMC board members.
The Effects of Media Consolidation on Urban Radio
by Eric K. Arnold
May 16, 2008
Indie-rock revolution, fueled by net neutrality
Op-ed by FMC's Jenny Toomey and Michael Bracy
June 13, 2006
SoundExchange: A Digital Primer
by Kristin Thomson
October 13, 2004
Is Grokster Contributory and Vicarious? How the courts wrestle
with copyright and creativity in the internet age
By Wendy Harman
October 11, 2004
The Need to Strike a Balance: Understanding the INDUCE Act
by Michael Colangelo
August 4, 2004
A citizens' and musicians' guide to the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA)
by Brett Keller
August 3, 2004
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