An interview with Platoniq member Olivier Schulbaum, made by the Arte TV channel:

Backing up what Thaddeus Herrmann said in the Pro-Ams panel discussion, internet radio could crumble under the complexity of licensing laws according to an article in the Guardian…

Martin Stiksel of Last.fm is interviewed about the situation in England:

“Where we’re standing, it’s not only more complicated, but also more expensive,” he said. “It’s an absolute nightmare in the grand scheme of things. We are further away from a simple licensing model – the sort of thing FM radio has – than ever before.”

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Introduction

// Keynote: The Crisis of the Music Industry – Chance or Calamity?
Peter Wicke [DE] (german only)

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The Value of Music

// Lecture: Radical Computer Music and the War on the Scandinavian Education System
Goodiepal [DK] (english)

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// Talk: All Recorded Music Has Run Its Course
Bill Drummond [UK] / Martin Conrads [DE] (english)

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Music as Agent of Change?

// Presentation: Public Record – Ultra-red’s Sound-based Inquiries
Ultra-red [INT] represented at this event by Manuela Bojadzijev [DE] (english)
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// Talk: Transgressing Borders Through Music
Maga Bo [US/BR] / BNegao [BR] / Moderation: Björn Gottstein [DE] (portuguese and english)

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// Talk: Sonic Dissidents
John Sinclair [US] / Warn Defever [US] / Moderation: René van der Voort [NL] (english)

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Pro-Ams, Hobbyists and Gift-Economy

// Discussion: How Enthusiasts, Amateurs and Hobbyists Shape the (Music) World
Richard Barbrook [UK] / Moderation: Krystian Woznicki [DE] (english)

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// Discussion: Labels on the Net: Between Gift-Economy and Enterprise
Andi Studer [CH] / Martin Hirsch [DE] / Stewart Walker [US/DE] / Jan Gleichmar [DE] / Moderation: Thaddeus Herrmann [DE] (english)

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Fair Trade – Between Community and Business

// Lecture: The New Economics of Music
Umair Haque [UK] (english)
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// Presentations and Discussion: Trust Me – Credibility and Co-operation as the Basis of the Internet’s New Music Platforms
Stefan Schneider [CH] / Eric Wahlforss [SE] / Christian Mix-Linzer [DE] / Moderation: Sascha Kösch [DE]
(german only)

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Unofficial Channels

// Lecture: The Culture Flatrate: a Social Contract for the Digital Age
Volker Grassmuck [DE] (german only)

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// Lecture: Shuffle = Terror
Piratbyrån [SE] (english)

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// Discussion: How Guerrilla Media is Revitalising Music
Daniel Haaksman [DE] / Lukatoyboy [RS] / Christoph Fringeli [CH] / Jan Jasper Kosok [DE] / Piratbyrån [SE] TBC / Moderation: Jens Balzer [DE] (english)

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Gardening Wild Flowers

// Lecture: New Paths and Roundabouts
Adrienne Goehler [DE] (german only)

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// Presentation: NetzNetz – A New Model for Production-oriented Cultural Funding
Leo Findeisen [AT] / Lizvlx [AT] / Stefan Lutschinger [AT] (english)

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// Discussion: Support Structures for Independent Culture
Adrienne Goehler [DE] / Inke Arns [DE] / Leo Findeisen [AT] / Lizvlx [AT] / Malcolm Levy [CA] / Kuba Szreder [PL] / Volker Grassmuck [DE] /Moderation: Drew Hemment [UK] (english)

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