[ecrea] Music and Copyright Conference

> Sound Property? Investigating the Legal Status of Sound Recordings
> An Interdisciplinary Conference on Music & Copyright
> University of Salford ~ May 28-29, 2009
>
> This conference proposes to investigate the current U.S. and U.K. 
> statutes that regulate the protection of sound recordings. It will 
> inquire to what degree those laws secure the rights of both the 
> owners and creators of the music contained on these products as well 
> as determine their impact upon those who consume and comment upon 
> this material. The pending efforts to universalize an extended term 
> of copyright underscore the potential for even more draconian 
> controls upon recorded music. Will the public, creators, and 
> commentators continue to be able to acquire, appreciate and 
> appropriate musical materials? Can some balance be found between the 
> need for profit and the pursuit of pleasure? Is it possible in a 
> civil society for music effectively to be silenced through 
> constraints over its recorded legacy?
>
> Keynote Speakers Include:
>
> Nicholas Cook, University of Cambridge. Music: A Very Short 
> Introduction & Music, Imagination & Culture
>
> Simon Frith, University of Edinburgh Taking Popular Music Seriously; 
> Sound Effects; Editor, Music & Copyright
>
> Kembrew McLeod, University of Iowa Freedom of Expression: Resistance 
> & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property; Owning Culture: 
> Ownership, Authorship & Intellectual Property
>
> Further details at:
> http://www.adelphi.salford.ac.uk/adelphi/p/?s=23&pid=90
>
> Best,
>
> Ben.
>
> Ben Light
> Professor of Digital Media
> Director: IS, Organisation and Society Research Centre
> Acting Head of School - Research
> School of Media, Music and Performance
> University of Salford
> Adelphi House
> SALFORD
> M3 6EN
>
> Tel. +44 (0)161 295 5443
>
> www.benlight.org <http://www.benlight.org/>
> www.smmp.salford.ac.uk <http://www.smmp.salford.ac.uk/>
> www.isos.salford.ac.uk <http://www.isos.salford.ac.uk/>
>
> <http://www.smmp.salford.ac.uk/>

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
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