The potential impact of media and broadband policy and changes in federal copyright law on the music and technology communities will be explored and debated during the Future of Music Coalition’s second Policy Day. Slated for Wednesday, February 11, at National Geographic’s Grosvenor Auditorium in Washington, D.C., the day-long event — sponsored by the national nonprofit education, research and advocacy organization –comes just weeks after the Obama Administration assumes power.
FMC Policy Day will feature such panelists and speakers as FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein, CD Baby Founder Derek Sivers, Pandora Founder Tim Westergren, Songwriters Guild of America’s Rick Carnes, and others representing leading stakeholders in the music/technology policy arena.
Scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Policy Day 2009 will feature three panel discussions, two keynote speakers, and a special conversation – all designed to afford musicians, technologists, legal experts, policymakers and advocates opportunities to interact and discuss issues at the intersection of music, technology, policy and law.
Early-bird registration for the event, priced at $40, is available until December 31, while a limited number of scholarships to enable working musicians to attend for free are being offered. For more information and to register online, visit www.futureofmusic.org.
