Please Don't Let Those Foreign-Owned Corporations Destroy Local Radio...

Want to win a complicated issue in Washington?  Then simplify, vilify, terrify, and make sure to take care of your supporters.  Which is exactly what the powerful National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is doing — not only in Washington, but places like Wyoming.      

That's the home state of Republican Senator John Barrasso, the latest to throw his weight behind the 'Local Radio Freedom Act'.  As a thank you, the NAB is now running this ad in the Casper Star Tribune.   The Act, if passed into law, would keep the status quo, and keep traditional radio royalty-free, at least as it relates to recordings.

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Based In New York? Please, Let Us Know How You're Doing...

Monday, October 29, 2012
by  paul

New York, one of the greatest cities in the world with an unmatched musical legacy, is now facing one of its most difficult and expensive catastrophes in history.  Of course, New York is also a major music industry hub, and home to a broad range of companies, associations, and groups.  The short list includes A2IM, TuneCore, Harry Fox Agency (HFA), Glassnote Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, The Orchard, SoundExchange, Billboard, The Knitting Factory, Juilliard, Steve Gordon Law, NYU Steinhardt, CMJ, MTV, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall... the list goes on and on.        

And, that list gets bigger when you consider the broader New York metropolitan area, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, and the entire affected Eastern US.  Most businesses in New York are currently shut down, though unfortunately business hasn't stopped.  Which means contingency plans, satellite offices, and emergency measures are underway.

Thanks, the entire global music industry is rooting for you.

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Video: Will the 'Real Mitt Romney' Please Stand Up?

by Sarah Maloy  |   March 22, 2012 10:35 EDT

Mitt Romney takes on the form of Eminem in the latest viral video burning up YouTube, a mash-up of the GOP frontrunner's speeches set to the tune of "The Real Slim Shady." The man behind it all is Australian lawyer Hugh Atkin -- the same video satirist who created the now-removed "Barack Roll" video back in 2008. Watch it below.

Atkin recently told Forbes that he's been thinking about this video for a long time, and was finally able to execute it using interview and speech transcripts matched to videos on the White House, Fox News and C-SPAN websites.

"For example, I could search for the words "trucks" and "Romney" on the Fox website and see that Governor Romney said "trucks" at 2:59 in an interview on Dec. 4, 2011," Atkin explained.

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His last political YouTube video, an Obama-themed version of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up," was removed from YouTube because of a copyright claim by Sony. He has not yet had any problems with the "Real Mitt Romney" video, which he said is because "the use of instrumental audio from 'The Real Slim Shady' for the purpose of parody constitutes fair use." Atkin went on to cite the US Supreme Court decision in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, which ruled in favor of 2 Live Crew regarding its parody of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman."

"Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up (feat. Eminem)" was only posted on March 19, but as of today (March 22), already has more than 1.4 million views on Youtube.

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