Archive for the ‘events’ Category
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 by Lucinda M. Dugger
The national nonprofit dedicated to advancing the arts in the United States, Americans for the Arts, released today the National Arts Index by Roland J. Kushner and Randy Cohen, a report that analyzes the health and vitality of the arts and culture in the United States. It looks at 76 national-level indicators of artistic and [...]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 by Lucinda M. Dugger
As an exhibitor, preparing for a convention reminds me much of being in theatre. (At least the experiences I’ve had with high school and community theatre.) The day before the opening, there are a lot of moving pieces. The convention hall is chaotic, booths are half constructed, cargo trucks come and go, and a lot [...]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 by Patrick Ross
NASHVILLE — Every time I travel to Nashville I enjoy the company and talents of songwriters and musicians, and this trip was no exception. But this time I also was able to enjoy the company and talents of many visual artists, as I attended ImagingUSA, the Professional Photographers of America’s annual show.
The vast majority of [...]
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 by Patrick Ross
Three cheers to the Obama Administration for hosting Tuesday at the White House a key jobs summit, one involving the jobs of creators and their collaborators in creation. The Associated Press quoted the host of the event, Vice president Joseph Biden, as saying of copyright piracy:
“This is flat unadulterated theft, and it should be dealt [...]
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 by Patrick Ross
I just came from a compelling event hosted by a think tank, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. ITIF was promoting a paper released today by technologists titled “Steal These Policies: Strategies for Reducing Digital Piracy.” The paper is a must-read; let me summarize the event, which had a very important theme — namely, that [...]
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Patrick Ross
In rhetoric, there’s an old trick — begin with a true statement, and then follow with an argument that does not naturally follow from the true statement. When challenged, ignore the criticism of the argument and instead defend the true statement.
Here’s an example. True statement — “We’ll always have copyright infringement. You can never completely [...]
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009 by Chelsea Richardson
What a thrilling week to be a part of the Copyright Alliance team! Just a couple of short months ago, when I began here as a intern, the Copyright Alliance’s Letter to the President hadn’t yet been launched, and planning for the third annual EXPOnential was in its very early stages. Not only was I [...]
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009 by Lucinda M. Dugger
An impromptu jam session ensued on Tuesday at the Copyright Alliance’s EXPOnential between two musicians: Jonathan Ifergan and Margot MacDonald.
Photo credit: Renee Bouchard
The two had met for the first time just the day before to deliver the artists’ letter to the White House. Upon meeting, they found they had some [...]
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 by Gayle Osterberg
Innovators from across copyright industries today gathered on Capitol Hill to provide a peek at new entertainment and educational products and talk about the importance of copyright to fostering creative new iterations of content.
Judith Curr, publisher of Atria Books, a Simon and Schuster imprint, described Atria’s new vooks, an exciting new product that blends text [...]
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Friday, November 13th, 2009 by Lucinda M. Dugger
If you’d like to get a glimpse of the art scene in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City all in one evening, then you should stop by the Copyright Alliance’s EXPOnential on Tuesday where artists from each of these cities will be discussing their work and their careers.
The Copyright Alliance’s Third Annual EXPOnential will [...]
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