Movement: Detroit’s electronic music festival announces more …

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- IDA Announces Broad Electronic Music Initiative
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- Warner To youtube: Stop The Music!

Movement: Detroit’s electronic music festival announces more …
The Detroit News
Among the acts are Los Angeles-based producers The Glitch Mob German electro artist Anthony Rother and Detroit house DJ Delano Smith. “We spend a lot of time selecting artists and DJs that will appeal to electronic music enthusiasts” Jason Huvaere president of Movement organizers Paxahau Promotions Group said in a statement. “And I think with the addition of these 25 artists we have done a good job of putting together a solid mix of local and international performers to take the stages at Movement this year. ” Today’s lineup additions join a list of 35 acts including hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa and popular mashup artist Z-Trip that was announced last week. Carl Cox Loco Dice vs. Luciano and Derrick May will close the festival’s three nights.

IDA Announces Broad Electronic Music Initiative
Market Wire (press release)
These newpartnerships add to IDA’s existing client base which includes GhostlyInternational King Street and Jellybean as well as longstandingdistribution agreements with shops like Beatport Juno and DJ Download. The announcement was made today at the. wintermusicconference. IDA’s presence at WMC has expanded this year to thesponsorship of three stellar events:– bliqSound’s “Music Without Borders” event at the Indra Lounge in South Beach– The Global Media Summit at the South Seas Hotel– Dirtybird’s Showcase event at the Doublegrand Waterclub “As a niche-oriented independent record shop trying to claw our way intothe digital arena we’ve been dismissed by many aggregators who viewsmaller operations like ours with skepticism” said Sean Schwartz owner ofHalcyon. “IDA stands apart from the pack in this regard.

Three Strikes and You’re ffline: Music Industry ISPs May Cut …
FXNews
The key word in the AT&T statement is “automatic”; no one including the RIAA has suggested first-offense termination for infringers. Digital-rights activists worry that out in the electronic frontier where the letter of the law hasn’t caught up there will be no one to protect the little guy. have now an increasing amount of power passed on to the hands of the copyright holders” says Danny ‘Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation a San Francisco-based digital-rights group.

Warner To youtube: Stop The Music!
ChannelWeb
That deal neither grandfathers in existing content nor does it discern between a professionally produced music video and an amateur performance. So now YouTube’s Content ID tool is being used to censor the videos. Back in February the Electronic Frontier Foundation expressed its concern about the dangers of automated filtering systems like the Content ID system: “These systems are still primitive and unable to distinguish a tranformative remix from copyright infringement” wrote Fred von Lohmann. “So unless they leave lots of breathing room for remixed content these filters end up sideswiping lots of fair uses.
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