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The 3 things that managers attending MIDEM tell us they cannot miss:
•Effective Networking
•Mastering Digital and Social Network Skills
•Learning how to work with brands
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Music Managers Forum Canada Announces that Leonard Rambeau will receive Inaugural MMF Pioneer Award...
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LATEST UPCOMING CONFERENCES with MMF DISCOUNTS ANNOUNCED...
Midem 2010
SXSW 2010
Musexpo 2010
Register now to benefit from discounted rates...
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MMF Belgium and MMF Netherlands with the IMMF and PHL Music present:
De Dag Van De Manager 2.
Friday September 25th 2009.
Featuring a presentation by David Stopps IMMF Director of Copyright and Related Rights, author of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) publication 'How to to make a living from Music'
Admission is free for members of any MMF
To register contact: Weis Callens: wies@repetitieruimtes.be
telephone +32 478 546452
The event will take place at:
PHL http://cms.phl.be/
Elfde-Liniestraat 24 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
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David Stopps to represent IMMF at Moshito in Johannesburg this week.
IMMF Director of Copyright and Related Rights, David Stopps will be representing the IMMF at the Moshito Conference in Johannesburg this week. He will be participating in three panels and will be presenting two sessions based around his book 'How to Make a Living from Music' which is published by the United Nations.
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MUSEXPO Asia Pacific at One Movement for Music 2009 IMMF/MMF discount.
TIMELY OPPORTUNITY-MUSEXPO Asia Pacific at One Movement for Music 2009 (October 16th – 18th) in Perth, Australia. Registration also includes all complimentary networking breakfasts, lunches (catered by the Parmelia Hilton in Perth, Australia), tea-times and evening cocktail parties with gourmet food as well as all the interactive panels/seminars and showcase events...
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MMF-UK Sets Out Change Agenda
June 04, 2009
By Andre Paine, London
The UK Music Managers' Forum (MMF-UK) has outlined an agenda for change and growth that will aim to shake off any "old boys' club image," following a survey of its members.
A root and branch review of operations has been completed by CEO Jon Webster and new chairman Brian Message, a partner in Courtyard Management and manager of Kate Nash and co-manager of Radiohead...
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- From the IMMF Newsletter:
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2008 U.K. Music Retail Sales Down 6%
The U.K. recorded music business held up reasonably well in 2008 with trade value down by 5.3% to £894 million ($1.368 billion) and retail value down by 6% to £1.308 billion ($2.002 billion), according to new figures from trade body the BPI.
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MMF Ireland Launches with a bang !! Newest MMF chapter !!
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Music First Coalition & the US Performance right bill in US Congress
Just-released video on the US Performance Right bill in Congress
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MMF UK leads the way in monetising the anarchy on the internet
In line with many governments, the UK Government is grappling with how to legislate so that artists and record companies get paid when their copyrights are enjoyed by consumers on the internet.
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Legitimate digital business models and legitimate digital music marketplaces are critical to musicians’ ability to promote, distribute and earn compensation for their music.
Since 2000, FMC has been carefully tracking – and sometimes facilitating — the ongoing conversations about potentially rewarding new business models.
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Featured Artists Back U.K. Govt No Vote On Term Extension
Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) has given its backing to the U.K. government's decision to vote against the EU proposal on term extension for copyright in sound recordings.
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Brian Hetherman's IMMF and MMF Canada artist management panel 'Managing to Survive' was THE hot ticket at Canada Music Week last week.
The room was crammed to bursting and over 200 people were turned away.
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GLOBAL ROYALTY REVENUES ROSE TO 7BN EUR IN 2006;
Authors' Societies Collected Nearly 7 Billion Euros In Copyright Royalties In 2006, Up 4% Over 2005
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BLOOMBERG MEDIA & MMF
Please note the link below to a Bloomberg media story on ISP's where they
include a quote some of MMF-US Chair Barry Bergman's thoughts on behalf of
MMF.
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FMC Newsletter
Posted February 8, 2009
It"s all about here at FMC headquarters. We're firing on all cylinders (and maybe a few borrowed ones) to make this year's event the best yet. And so far it's looking like "mission accomplished." OK, maybe it's too early to start using that phrase again. Read on for the latest on Policy Day and more!
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Several highly relevant recent articles you may or may not have seen yet...
Posted February 8, 2009
British government seeks to expand broadband and crack down on piracy
Music sales worldwide fall by 7 percent
Music world embracing unlimited downloads
Can digital-dogged music industry escape 'Self-Destruction'?
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Defendants in Music-Industry Lawsuit Ask for Trial to Be Broadcast Online
A Harvard Law professor representing some students sued by the recording industry for illegally downloading music has filed a motion to broadcast online the proceedings of two cases being heard by the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
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