Casey from Future of Music here. Not gonna wade into the substance of the ICE takedowns (I wanna enjoy my damn break!), but I will say that I don't believe that A2IM is "RIAA Jr."
WHen Rich and I talk, we disagree on a bunch of stuff, and agree on a bunch of other stuff. A2IM is an independent group with members that are anything but monolithic in their perspectives on the business. Although there are plenty of disagreements about what I personally consider an appropriate approach to some stuff, I have full confidence that A2IM arrives at their conclusions on their own.
And I can tell you that, having been deeply involved in the net neutrality debate from the music side, A2IM are staunch supporters of the open internet. They have also been really great in combating institutional payola and the market/regulatory structures that enable it. Not any RIAA love there, let me tell you.
Anyway, I hope you all have a good holiday. And Mike, I'll see you in Vegas at that thing we're on...
Casey from Future of Music here. Nice summary, Mike, and some worthwhile points.
It' a hard job, but not impossible. The real reason for the creation of IPEC, as I see it is to have some kind of coordinating body that can help the various agencies and regulatory bodies think through the complexities of IP in the digital era. Just like consumers used to rarely interact with copyright, but are no implicated almost every day, so too are government bodies that used to operate according to mandates that had little to do with IP. That's no longer the case.
If you view the office in that way, it makes more sense.
I completely agree that it is difficult to recognize and respond to the concerns of such a wide range of stakeholders. I mean, you're a stakeholder. I'm a stakeholder. UMG is a stakeholder. That's pretty nuts.
I'm cautiously optimistic that if we don't throw the baby out with the bathwater that we can grow a legitimate digital marketplace that scales, is transparent and equitable to creators and doesn't require heavy-handed approaches to enforcement that may only serve to further disenfranchise consumers who can already exercise "free" as a choice.
To get there we need a combination of thoughtful policy on not only IP but telecommunications, as well as a conceptual rethinking of investment in the arts. Might not hurt to have the marketplace come to some hard decisions about licensing efficacy and barriers to certain kinds of uses, but I know that's still heretical in some quarters. ;-)
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A2IM is not RIAA
Casey from Future of Music here. Not gonna wade into the substance of the ICE takedowns (I wanna enjoy my damn break!), but I will say that I don't believe that A2IM is "RIAA Jr."
WHen Rich and I talk, we disagree on a bunch of stuff, and agree on a bunch of other stuff. A2IM is an independent group with members that are anything but monolithic in their perspectives on the business. Although there are plenty of disagreements about what I personally consider an appropriate approach to some stuff, I have full confidence that A2IM arrives at their conclusions on their own.
And I can tell you that, having been deeply involved in the net neutrality debate from the music side, A2IM are staunch supporters of the open internet. They have also been really great in combating institutional payola and the market/regulatory structures that enable it. Not any RIAA love there, let me tell you.
Anyway, I hope you all have a good holiday. And Mike, I'll see you in Vegas at that thing we're on...
Good points, but...
It' a hard job, but not impossible. The real reason for the creation of IPEC, as I see it is to have some kind of coordinating body that can help the various agencies and regulatory bodies think through the complexities of IP in the digital era. Just like consumers used to rarely interact with copyright, but are no implicated almost every day, so too are government bodies that used to operate according to mandates that had little to do with IP. That's no longer the case.
If you view the office in that way, it makes more sense.
I completely agree that it is difficult to recognize and respond to the concerns of such a wide range of stakeholders. I mean, you're a stakeholder. I'm a stakeholder. UMG is a stakeholder. That's pretty nuts.
I'm cautiously optimistic that if we don't throw the baby out with the bathwater that we can grow a legitimate digital marketplace that scales, is transparent and equitable to creators and doesn't require heavy-handed approaches to enforcement that may only serve to further disenfranchise consumers who can already exercise "free" as a choice.
To get there we need a combination of thoughtful policy on not only IP but telecommunications, as well as a conceptual rethinking of investment in the arts. Might not hurt to have the marketplace come to some hard decisions about licensing efficacy and barriers to certain kinds of uses, but I know that's still heretical in some quarters. ;-)
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