John Paul interviews Jon Mueller, a musician and web community leader who helps people make a living from being a creative person. Mueller has performed throughout the world and collaborated with many musicians in the art music genre. His website that helps foster creativity is rhythmplex.com.
Elliot Adams, Digital Media Director for the State of Louisiana, talks to Loyola University New Orleans students about the things the state is doing to create opportunities for them
Don Van Cleave, longtime music retailer and founder of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores, explains how digital music distribution works today. He also discusses his plans to open digital music stores for each of the major members of CIMS, and some of the barriers he is facing from labels and the rest of the industry in making this a reality.
In this clip, Russell Rains, Director of the MBA Program in Digital Media Management Program at St. Edwards College in Austin TX, argues that with the advent of filesharing and the enormous problems facing traditional music companies, this is an excellent time to start a career in the music industry but only if you prepare yourself for the changes to come.
Russell Rains, Director of the MBA Program in Digital Media Management Program at St. Edwards College in Austin TX, discusses how copyright and licensing works in the context of the video game industry.
Russell Rains, Director of the MBA Program in Digital Media Management Program at St. Edwards College in Austin TX, explains the legal reasons behind why some free music (e.g. heard on the radio) is legal and some (e.g. an album downloaded via P2P) might be illegal.
Russell Rains, Director of the MBA Program in Digital Media Management Program at St. Edwards College in Austin TX, explains what a work for hire deal is in the context of a recording or songwriting contract, and why its beneficial for artists to control their own copyrights instead of entering into a work for hire arrangement.
Russell Rains, Director of the MBA Program in Digital Media Management Program at St. Edwards College in Austin TX, discusses the concept of precedent and how it relates to copyright law, which in turn underpins the entire music industry as we know it. He discusses the origins of modern law in English common law, and why it is critical that modern courts stick to the 1,000 years of precedents that have come before when formulating their decisions. He also analyzes the apparent breakdown in precedent that is facing modern copyright law, as technology and new distribution methods get far out ahead of the laws ability to encompass them.