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- AFM Legislative Update: Performance Rights, Health Care Reform, and Low Power FM 1:21pm Nov 20
- Fair Trade Music Campaign Gathers Steam 10:41am Nov 20
- AFM and AMPTP Reach Agreement 12:57pm Nov 9
AFM - American Federation of Musicians L.A. Times editorial, "Songwriters get royalties but not recording artists. Bills now being considered should pay performers fairly, protect against abuses by powerful industry players and promote the availability of music."
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The founders gave Congress the power to bestow on authors and inventors exclusive rights to the use of their work, and those rights have been expanding ever since. Among other things, lawmakers have stretched ...
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I got my first off-Broadway subbing gig through Facebook. Ok, well that isn’t entirely true but I do credit my utilization of the social networking site as a major factor in procuring that gig. A friend gave me the number of his friend who was the full-time drummer on the show. ...
The campaign for a performance right took another step forward this month. Following the passage of the Performance Rights Act (S...
AFM - American Federation of Musicians has a question for you: Musicians: do you feel that you are paid adequately for gigs you play at venues like jazz, folk, country and rock clubs?
The Fair Trade Music campaign from Portland Local 99 is quickly growing support among Portland musicians and fans, attracting significant attention from the media. The campaign is working to enlist music venues, such as rock and jazz clubs, in paying musicians fair and livable wages...
AFM - American Federation of Musicians Check out the live NEA all-day webcast of Cultural Workforce Forum: How art works in the economy http://bit.ly/3hMPE7
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Today we are presenting the webcast of the Cultural Workforce Forum, a forum about America’s artists, other cultural workers, and how art works as a part of this country’s real economy. Academics, ...
AFM - American Federation of Musicians Great podcast from NPR station KCRW's 'On the Beat'. "Considering that all Internet, satellite and cable music television already pay performance royalties to artists, it makes no sense that broadcast radio is exempt. Are we literally saying that Clear Channel, CBS, Citadel and Entercom, four of the largest radio congl...omerates can't afford to pay recording artists for their work? Give me a break."
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The debate over whether broadcasters should pay a performance royalty is one of the music industry's hottest topics. Just two weeks ago, the Senate Judiciary
See MoreFrom AFM.org: At 3 am on Friday morning, November 6, after five rounds of negotiations over the course of nearly nine months, the Federation and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) reached a tentative agreement on new Theatrical and Television Motion Picture Agreements...
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http://createquity.com/2009/11/state-art
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Back in August, I posted a round-up of the struggles that various state arts councils were going through this year. The upshot is that a large number of
AFM - American Federation of Musicians ACTRA fights for Canadian TV and Canadian talent! Check out the video below and visit http://www.ourtv.ca
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Why do we need Canadian programming? ACTRA's decade-long fight to get more Canadian drama back in prime-time is in the final round. Canadian actors are demanding more Canadian programming on our TV. Let's remind Ottawa and the CRTC that big cable and broadcasters don't own the airwaves, we do!
AFM - American Federation of Musicians Society of Composers and Lyricists considers unionization, affiliation with Teamsters http://bit.ly/2PxdFx
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For the first time in more than a decade, composers and lyricists working in film, TV and videogames are considering unionization.
AFM - American Federation of Musicians Today is Election Day in the U.S. Did you vote yet?
AFM - American Federation of Musicians Obama expected to sign bill that increases NEA funding by 8%, more than the 4% he originally proposed
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For once, some good news on the cultural funding front. President Obama is expected to sign a bill this weekend that will increase funding for the nation's main cultural bodies to their highest levels in nearly 16 years. This week,...
AFM - American Federation of Musicians Interesting discussion of Google's new music service from the Future of Music Coalition... asks a question few are asking... will it actually create revenue for musicians?
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If you’ve been paying any attention to music biz news this week, you’ve no doubt stumbled across an item (or ten) about Google OneBox — the web search company’s bold foray into the world of on-demand music. ...
