Vital copyright focus at RAIN Summit Indy

“The Summer of Copyright.” We’ve been using that phrase recently, borrowed from broadcast attorney David Oxenford and his series of guest articles about this tumultuous year in copyright. (See: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.) Oxenford, a preeminent expert in law pertaining to radio (terrestrial and online), will moderate a discussion panel called “Royalty Reset”  at RAIN Summit Indy, September 9 in Indianapolis.

Will the system of music royalties actually be reset when the Copyright Royalty Board establishes new rates? Will the decades-old “Consent Decrees” which govern how publishers and songwriters receive royalties be upheld or stricken down? Will pre-1972 music receive the copyright protection it has never had? What about terrestrial radio paying performance royalties for the first time in history — will it happen, and should it?

These questions are all in play as streaming audio escalates its disruption of the record industry, and the radio industry. Every webcaster has a stake in understanding how royalties work, and this panel is vitally important.

Joining David Oxenford onstage will be: Morvarid Metanat, Corporate Counsel (Pandora); Gary Greenstein, Partner (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati); Casey Rae, VP, Policy & Education (Future of Music Coalition); AJ Correale, Attorney (Frost Brown Todd LLC).

CLICK HERE to the entire conference agenda, and confirmed speakers for RAIN Summit Indy.