Policy, Research & Politics
Ryan Tedder slams 'ludicrous' copyright cases
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- Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Ryan Tedder has written some of pop's biggest hits, including Beyonce's Halo, Ed Sheeran's Happier and, for his own band OneRepublic, Counting Stars. But he says pop is in danger of being stifled by the rise in copyright cases.
Youtubers and record labels are fighting, and record labels keep winning
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- Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Copyright issues have plagued YouTube and its community for years, but creators are calling this moment in time one of the worst eras for trying to navigate the platform.
We Won’t Be Silenced
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- Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Fresh from a sold-out concert tour of the U.K. and Sweden, Afghanistan’s first female conductor is convinced music can help deliver peace to her war-torn country. If only the Taliban would listen.
Fear of music
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- Tuesday, 28 May 2019
The West Java branch of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission became the latest party to jump on the melophobia bandwagon.
La musique, c'est ma manière de faire de la politique
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- Monday, 27 May 2019
Condamné par la justice espagnole, le rappeur de Majorque est réfugié depuis un an en Belgique.
Songs of freedom: The soundtracks of political change in Sudan
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- Sunday, 28 April 2019
The uprising in Sudan has been vocal – and musical. 'Tasqut bas!' – just fall, that’s all – was a commonly used slogan by Sudanese as they revolted against military dictator Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year rule. The uprising, which began in December 2018, intensified over the following weeks, forcing Al-Bashir to step down on 11 April 2019.
In Beirut, clubbing is its own kind of democracy
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- Sunday, 28 April 2019
Beirut is a city long synonymous with the idea of progressiveness in the Middle East. But 30 years on from a devastating civil war that lasted fifteen years, maintaining that reputation is still a constant battle, and the city's nightlife scene is on the frontline.
Pop Music Lyrics Are More Violent Than Those in Hip-Hop
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- Sunday, 28 April 2019
New research finds that contemporary songs in both genres are the most likely to contain violent imagery.
Space for the wrong
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- Sunday, 28 April 2019
On a recent evening in Berlin, the pianist and composer Frederic Rzewski performed his virtuosic variations on a Chilean protest song, “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!”
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