An intense debate is raging over how to stop the erosion of creators' rights in an era swamped by free unauthorised music. It is a critical debate that I believe will shape the lives and the working conditions of creative professionals for years, even decades, to come.
France is leading the way on this issue, with its new "creation and internet" law, and where France goes, the rest of the world may follow. This is certainly not about the future of U2, the band I have managed for over 30 years. But it is about the future of a new generation of artists who aspire to be the next U2 – and about the whole environment in which that aspiration can be made possible.
More at guardian.co.uk
And at ars technica
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Sorry McGuinness.
I almost hoped it would pass. We would have seen a shit-storm, and nobody would have dared try it again. If it passes, and they start taking away internet access, we will see an arms race between the pirates and the content producers that will make the last ten years pale in comparison. The revolution is coming.
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