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		<title>Jason Mendelson On Venture Capital</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Alhadeff &#38; Aaron Gottlieb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BRAD FELD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[JASON MENDELSON]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jason Mendelson, co-founder of the venture capital firm Foundry Group, recently co-authored “Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist”(John Wiley, 2011) with his partner Brad Feld. Mendelson is intimately familiar with the music and tech industries. Before joining Foundry in 2006, he was both a merger and acquisitions lawyer and a software [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reassessing Spotify</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Choquette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The arrival of Spotify to the United States in July of 2011 brought a lot of attention – good and bad – to the newest music consumption trend of subscribing to services that provide massive musical libraries for a low, monthly fee. Although websites like Rdio and MOG had already been in place in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISP Takedown Notices</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/copyright-and-takedown-notices-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie Bogrand</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Graduated response plans&#8217; are geared towards fighting illegal online file sharing and have been implemented over the past two and a half years in France, New Zealand, and South Korea.  The United Kingdom and Ireland are currently in the process of locking down similar programs. These plans involve systems by which Internet service providers (ISPs) link illegal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sirius XM vs. SoundExchange</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/sirius-xm-vs-soundexchange-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Graney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[May 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A2IM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licenses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PERFORMANCE ROYALTY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SATELLITE RADIO]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 27th, 2012 PRNewswire reported that Sirius XM Radio filed a complaint against SoundExchange, Inc. and American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to Sirius’ complaint, SoundExchange and ‘the industry’ had used tactics that illegally prevented free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMR&#8217;s Scoping Report</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/imrs-scoping-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luiz Augusto Buff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NICHOLAS GARNETT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of February, WIPO and its International Music Registry group (IMR) released a long-awaited “Study on the Role and Functions of the International Music Registry.” The MBJ has been covering the subject since December 2011, and last month we reported on a parallel initiative—the EU’s Global Repertoire Database. The study’s author is Nicholas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pricing Music</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/starbucks-or-pennies-a-musicians-dilemma-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/starbucks-or-pennies-a-musicians-dilemma-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Beggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good pricing strategy is critical for any industry, from automobiles to music. Even though economists and psychologists have plenty to say about prices beyond Economics 101, it is unfortunate that there is as yet no blueprint for recording artists. Also, a proper discussion and understanding of the tradeoffs involved between low and high priced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SXSW: The Magic Mountain</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/sxsw-the-magic-mountain-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana Migliore</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Peregrination, defined as travel from one place to another especially on foot, is often associated with a religious experience.  Not so the South by Southwest festival (SXSW). Yet there is a peregrination of sorts to SXSW by musicians, managers, filmmakers, brands, investors, startups, and music entrepreneurs in their many guises. This year, twenty thousand individuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grammy Reduction</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/grammys-2-0-back-to-the-drawing-board-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/grammys-2-0-back-to-the-drawing-board-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mical Klip Franklin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[EDDIE PALMIERI]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the inaugural Grammy Award ceremony in 1959, recipients were culled from a meagre twenty-eight categories. These indicated the sociopolitical status quo under the Eisenhower administration as much as the country’s fledgling acceptance of African American genres as a key tenet of its cultural inheritance. The changing face of American society brought forth new styles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Epic Saga of Finnish Metal</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/the-epic-saga-of-finnish-metal-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/05/the-epic-saga-of-finnish-metal-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni-Matti Karjalainen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finland, the small and remote country in the Northeastern corner of Europe, is highly regarded by the global metalhead community. Its capital Helsinki contends for the title of metal world’s top spot. A look at the gig listings of the numerous venues and clubs in Helsinki, and elsewhere, confirms that heavy metal and hard rock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music’s Fizzy Logic</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/music%e2%80%99s-fizzy-logic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/music%e2%80%99s-fizzy-logic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gottlieb and Zosia Boczanowski </dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2020 Vision]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emmanuel Seuge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Sheinkop]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In July of last year, the Coca-Cola Company formalized a partnership with full service licensing company Music Dealers. The deal narrows the gap between artists and brands.  It also opens up a new avenue for unsigned and emerging talent to break onto the global music stage. Music Dealers Music Dealers was founded in 2008 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcasts: The Cinderella Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/podcasts-the-cinderella-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/podcasts-the-cinderella-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Minion</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blogworld’s annual New Media Expo, billed as “The First and Only Industry-wide Conference, Tradeshow and Media Event for All New Media”, is comprised of bloggers, tech heads, broadcasters and new media content creators who seek to foster and expand upon new models of information exchange and dissemination1. The expo’s attendees run the gamut from monstrous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for GRD</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/waiting-for-grd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Alhadeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second in a series of articles tracking ongoing efforts worldwide to develop a single registry of songs. In our December cover piece, Toward Global Rights, we suggested that there is growing recognition that music trades with friction. Even if a music provider has the will and patience to negotiate the complicated maze [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotting Revenue: TuneSat’s Chris Woods</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/spotting-revenue-tunesat%e2%80%99s-chris-woods/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/spotting-revenue-tunesat%e2%80%99s-chris-woods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Gottlieb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Woods is the cofounder and COO of TuneSat.  Since launching in 2009, TuneSat has helped rights holders collect millions of dollars that would otherwise have been lost or undiscovered without the essential detection data that the company provides. &#160; MBJ:  How did TuneSat come to be? CW:  I graduated from Berklee in a major, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook’s IPO and the Music Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/facebook%e2%80%99s-ipo-and-the-music-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/facebook%e2%80%99s-ipo-and-the-music-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luiz Augusto Buff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Less than ten years ago, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg developed Facebook. Since then, many books, an Oscar winning movie, and, of course, the Internet have covered its remarkable story. A new turning point was announced at the beginning of February, when Facebook declared its intention to cease being a private company by filing papers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Muse of the Grammys</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/the-muse-of-the-grammys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Noyes, Elaine Allen, & Sal Parise </dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[March 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music and Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beatles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddy Holly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elaine Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elvis Presley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erick Noyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hank Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hank Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular Music Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roy Orbison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salvatore Parise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a creative industry, what pattern of artistic influences increases the likelihood that an artist will produce innovative products? This research examines all major artists in popular music between 1951 and 2008, their unique historic network of artistic influences, and their innovation achievements in the Popular Music Industry.  The research applies network analysis to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOPA, PIPA, and Music</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/sopa-pipa-and-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Scudder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[March 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blackout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright Alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pirate Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protect IP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PUBLISHERS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stop Online Piracy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent debates over a pair of proposed Hollywood backed antipiracy bills have highlighted the public’s concern in allowing government control over major parts of the web. Many experts believe as well that the proposed laws would create unnecessary complications. The House bill is SOPA, the “Stop Online Piracy Act”, and the Senate bill is PIPA, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Dotcom</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/living-in-the-fast-lane-megaupload%e2%80%99s-kim-dotcom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/living-in-the-fast-lane-megaupload%e2%80%99s-kim-dotcom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emilie Bogrand </dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[March 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diddy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infringement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Foxx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanye West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Dotcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Schmitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megaupload]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megaupload.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Black Eyed Peas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will.i.am]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Hollywood, they call him Dr. Evil.  According to the U.S. Department of Justice, his company has stolen over half a billion dollars from copyright owners of music, movies, software, audiobooks and other media.  He lived lavishly in the most expensive private home in New Zealand and drove eighteen luxury cars with license plates labeled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Note on Grooveshark</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/grooveshark-a-clarification/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/grooveshark-a-clarification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Stevenson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[March 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Music News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Escape Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grooveshark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Suit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safe Harbor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spotify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Grooveshark has been in the news lately. Many of the major music companies have filed suit. Proceedings against Grooveshark started in November 2011, with Universal Music demanding compensation for tracks that were not cleared. A month later, Sony Music Entertainment and the Warner Music Group followed. By January 2012, EMI Music Publishing was alleging breach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ReDigi</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/recycling-music/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/recycling-music/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana Migliore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[March 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mechanical License]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MP3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ReDigi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIAA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thembj.org/?p=3472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The concept of going green assumes a change in behavior. For the past few decades, we have become more and more educated about saving energy, choosing products from socially responsible companies, and recycling waste. The music industry is not an island and a Boston startup, ReDigi, has recently proposed a new idea:  recycling pre-owned digital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/a-year-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thembj.org/2012/03/a-year-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Haven Belke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Guetta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katy Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lil Wayne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LMFAO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumford & Sons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicki Minaj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rihanna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shakira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Swift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wiz Khalifa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Year in Review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[2011 was a year of hit records, powerful female artists, the discovery of electronic dance music within the US, and more genre crossovers into the main stream, especially rap/hip-hop.  Live music did better than in 2010 and the majors continued their cost-cutting measures, with the demise of EMI in December marking perhaps the end of [...]]]></description>
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