William

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Date registered: October 31, 2006

Latest posts

  1. Rise of the Grabby License Deal – licensing, versus the artist agreement — February 19, 2012
  2. We Are Moving — December 27, 2011
  3. Entertainment-Related Negotiations: Codes of Conduct, Professionalism and Ethics — November 12, 2011
  4. The Elephant in the Music Room — January 23, 2011
  5. Does Google read your email? — December 14, 2010

Most commented posts

  1. Lime Wire Adds Twist in IP Litigation — 2 comments
  2. Ideas Want To Be Free — 1 comment
  3. The Elephant in the Music Room — 1 comment

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Dec
10

Mega Personalities

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Social media is unstoppable and is creating a phenomenon know as the mega personality, which has the potential to cause unprecedented head butting, and headaches, as our social space becomes more crowded.

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Jun
07

* Top 5 * Techno Tourist Stops for 2010

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Seeing as WMC (Winter Music Conference in Miami, FL) is through I won’t add it to my list, therefore leaving space for other honorable mentions… (special thanks to Tanaz Irani, Tanz Agency for creating this list). 1. Movement, aka DEMF (Detroit, US) – Housed in Detroit’s dissonant downtown of decay and delight, one will encounter… Continue reading »

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Mar
17

Ideas Want To Be Free

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The Internet has given platforms to a lot of pundits, many of whom have small points of view but big voices, to howl about the theft of ideas. Especially in the area of advertising – which occupies public, accessible space – a lot of people get attracted to the noise, cheerleading the trend to “out” copycat styles, imagery, lighting, themes, techniques, etc. This may be short-term fun, but it’s narrow thinking for the longer term. It’s regressive. Sadly, the misanthropic view is that individuals and societies tend to make the same mistakes over and over. In this case, just as the Internet has given us give the tools to set ourselves free, we clamor to constrain ourselves

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Nov
19

Ultimate “TV Tax” Fighting

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The current crisis mentality the in the Canadian broadcast industry is in turn fostering cynicism, animosity and a risk of a rush to the exit for advertisers.

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Sep
08

Six Seconds of Sound

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“Culture is impossible without a rich public domain – culture grows by accretion, with new forms building off the old,” is the compelling mantra of Nate Harrison in his modest-but-powerful video posted on  You Tube about the ownership of sound samples. Harrison casts light on the issues and implications of copyright in music (specifically, musical samples)… Continue reading »

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