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What’s wrong with the Petition against the German Music Collecting Society GEMA

The online petition at the German parliament against the German music collection society, GEMA, is a good thing, but it misses one of the most problematic aspects: that all music collecting societies are forcing customers to buy comprehensive licenses for websites even though they need only a license for one, two, or a few works.

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Un-Music Conference @ Harvard this Week-End
• An exciting program with speakers from the US, Canada, Turkey, France, and Italy! Keynote by Jonathan Sterne from McGill University: "Is Music a Thing?" Composers's Roundtable with Lou Bunk (Brandeis University), Maxwell Dulaney (Brandeis University), Davide Ianni (Boston University), and Adam Roberts (Harvard University). Moderated by Jean-Francois Charles. Details at http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/gradmus/program.php #
New album Mozart.Brahms.Berg now available…
• The debut album of Turkish pianist Seda Röder is now available on CD Baby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/sedaroder #
Stille
• Und hier, im 20. Stockwerk der Konzernzentrale, auf dicken Teppichen und hinter doppelten Scheiben, begriff er, was Istanbul am meisten fehlte: Stille. #
Zu den Grautönen von Istanbul…
• Zu den Grautönen von Istanbul im Dezember mischte sich nun noch das dreckige Weiß des nassen Schnees. #
CFP: Un-Music, Harvard Graduate Music Forum Conference – March 7, 2009
• The Harvard Graduate Music Forum announces its sixth graduate student conference, “Un-Music,” taking place on March 7, 2009. We invite graduate students from all disciplines to interpret this theme broadly and creatively. Historical, ethnographical, analytical, and compositional approaches are welcome. Possible topics may include: - The boundaries between music and non-music - Amusicality - Musical censorship (what it means to 'un-music' a place) - Non-musical aspects or intentions of musical performance (dance, ritual, healing, etc) - The (un)analyzability of music - Noise, sound, voice, or silence - Ontologies of music - Criticism/Bad music Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by Monday, January 5, 2009 to gmfconference [at] gmail.com. Since proposals will be reviewed anonymously, we ask that your abstract not contain your name or academic affiliation. Please attach your abstract as a Word document to your email. Include your name and contact information within the body of your email. Speakers will be notified by February 1, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/gradmus We look forward to reading your submissions! Ryan Raul Bañagale and Michael Heller Program committee co-chairs #