POLITICO:
* Creators need Copyright Protection

So let’s agree that certain principles should be the foundation of any update of the Copyright Act:

Creators should receive fair compensation for their work when it is exploited. Too often we’ve heard that new and old businesses should be allowed to use creators’ works at a below-market (or zero) royalty rate to protect a flawed business model. Creators want to be partners with distributors, but they should never be forced to subsidize those businesses.

A right is meaningless without reasonable enforcement.Without effective enforcement, copyrights will have little value. If creators are to benefit from the fruit of their labor, they must have confidence that their work will be protected in the constantly evolving digital marketplace.

Freedom of expression depends on copyright. Copyright gives individual creators the freedom to choose how they express themselves. With copyright, writers and artists can decide how and when to use their work. They can freely give their work to the public, to a cause they believe in, or they can try to earn a living from it. Consent is a critical part of the creator’s freedom.

HUFFINGTON POST:
* Online Piracy, Following The Money
* Grammys On The Hill 2013: Jennifer Hudson Honored By Clive Davis, Yolanda Adams, Kara DioGuardi

Recognizing that proceeds from Grammys on the Hill benefit the Grammy Signature Schools Program, which fights to keep music education in schools, Hudson noted the importance of her own childhood music teachers, admitting, “That why I had perfect attendance in school — because I could not miss music class. I didn’t really care about any other class — even on my lunch break, I would go to music.”

MUSIC TECH POLICY:
* How YouTube “Monetizes” Your Songs to Sell Illegal Goods

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoFaypHa3SI

Note three things:  The video is “user generated content” (“user” in this context means a YouTube user not a drug user.  We think.)

Second, the video has a music bed.  Ironically, it is “Teardrop” by Massive Attack which is also the theme from the House television show.  I seriously doubt that Massive Attack has any idea that their song is being used to sell drugs through this sketchy video.

We know that YouTube knows the song in the video because they have a link to it by name on Google Play.

Finally, the video is monetized–ads are playing on the page, pre-roll before the video, and inside the video–in fact, the same ads are in each, so the campaign is coordinated.

ZOE KEATING INSTAGRAM:
* Me, Barbara Lee, Sheila E and Melvin Watt @ U.S. Capitol – House Of Representatives

VENTURE BEAT:
* Sarah Hanson, the 19-year-old teen who auctioned 10% of her income for a $125K startup investment, may not exist

DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS:
* If Only the Tech Industry Understood the Music Industry They Want to ‘Replace’…
* Just Got My YouTube Royalty Check In the Mail…
* How Artists Who Support “Piracy” Can Avoid Looking Like Hypocrites…

TORRENT FREAK:
* Hijacker Tears Large BitTorrent Site Apart, Succeeds Where U.S. Authorities Failed
* Interpol Probe Targets Funds of Major File-Hosting Services
* Pirate Bay Founder Charged With Hacking Companies and a Bank

THE DEAN’S LIST:
* Music, Copyright and New Technology in the News From a Creator’s Perspective

REUTERS:
* New anti-piracy law should keep Spain off U.S. watch list – minister

Spain is working on a new anti-piracy law which will be robust enough to keep the country off a U.S. watch list of copyright violating countries, Education and Culture Minister Jose Ignacio Wert said.

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE:
* Spinlet to proffer solution for music piracy