Posted in Commerce Opportunity by A2IM
On February 19th, SoundExchange and A2IM presented a webinar, Q1Y10 Webinar for Labels and Sound Recording Copyright Owners, to address the issues which affect how independent labels are paid by SoundExchange.
View the entire webinar below.
Posted in Chapters, Commerce Opportunity, Member Services by A2IM
For the full set, click here. Also, check out the full recorded stream of Tech Day on UStream — http://bit.ly/bKSqhQ
Posted in Events, Members Only, Special Offers by A2IM
Are you going to CMJ?CMJ is offering a special discount on CMJ 2010 badges, available only to A2IM members.
Until October 12, badges can be purchased for $370, which is $55 off the general on-sale price and nearly $130 off the final walk-up price.
Posted in Education, Events, Members Only, Special Offers by A2IM
This year’s NARM/A2IM Music Business Crash Course will take place on Friday, May 14th and Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Hilton Chicago (720 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, map).
After drawing a record crowd of over 175 satisfied music industry artists, technology companies, and labels last year, based upon NARM member’s requests, the course has been expanded from one day to two days this year with over two thirds of the course new content (Crash Course Schedule here). The Crash Course features educational presentations and panel discussions focused on the independent sector, a must for independent music labels and technology companies to remain current in the the transforming music economy. It starts as a music 101 on the first day and moves to music 102 on the second day. Please visit this link for registration information and use the discount code A2IM-50. The Music Crash Course event is free for NARM attendees or $49 registration fee for A2IM members who wish to attend the Crash Course only.
Posted in From The President, Press Releases by A2IM
To all-
A commerce goal of A2IM is to achieve economic parity for our music label members. We strive for that every day in many ways. The purpose of this e-mail is to discuss economic parity for our associate members, professional service providers which should be rewarded for their support and equitable treatment of our member community.
A2IM associate members like Pandora, to name one, which is by far the #1 webcaster in terms of non-on demand music streams in the U.S. (and not coincidentally, they play the largest percentage of independent music, almost 40%) paid approximately $28 million in sound recording royalties for last year and, via SoundExchange, delivers parity to indie artists and labels.
Conversely, there are services like LimeWire, Myxer and many more that, by the nature of their services, make it too easy for consumers to violate copyright and/or compensate independents in a sub-standard fashion or not at all. Many services promise “promotion” in lieu of compensation (as recorded music sales continue to plummet, in part due to these services). In some cases services may also use the guise of user generated content databases containing our labels’ artists’ music as an excuse for any infringements. These services know that many of our music label members do not have the time and capital required to monitor the web for infringement nor to take the subsequent legal action.
Posted in Commerce Opportunity, Education, Member Services, Members Only by A2IM
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