Sent to the mailing-list of the Society for Ethnomusicology by Anthony McCann (“Irish language lecturer; ethnomusicologist; music journalist; Irish traditional music/culture specialist; music and copyright specialist; theorist of enclosure and the commons; theorist of hope and gentleness; theorist of culture and tradition; singer-songwriter; bodhrán player”).

Consumers International – Copyright and Access to Knowledge
The Statement to WIPO (Word) is quite short (3 pages) and quite useful. Haven’t read the Full Report (PDF) yet, but it sounds interesting. Focusing on knowledge, learning, and teaching seems like a good strategy in the context.

McCann also has a website devoted to Music and Copyright, including lots of links and documents. Fortunately enough, his participation on the SEM-L mailing-list on issues of music reappropriation has been advocating for moving away from the simplistic view of copyright as legalistic-commercial issue.<—79452c389c4ef3af47c4fda2498c6d2b—>

Critical World member Pascal Gaudette points us to Nate Harrison’s
video about the “Amen Break,” which is among the most frequently used sampled drum loops in some musical genres.
It’s being BoingBoinged today and was featured somewhere else (possibly the DailySonic.com podcast, can’t find it right now).

Episode 23 of the Fake Science Lab Report (a podcast about the state of the music industry) has interesting comments about IFPI’s effect on “Global music” and on the history of radio. Not that these comments are really unique but they’re interesting to listen to. Thing is, a lot of people seem to be talking about the exact same things, very often in the same ways (whether or not people agree on what should come from that).