Policy, Research & Politics
Country Music, Politics & the Lingering Fear of 'Getting Dixie Chicked'
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017
The cliche goes that country is all about the song, but one of the seismic events in the genre's recent history actually had nothing to do with music.
Long-awaited concert music to Saudi ears
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Legendary Arab singer Rashed Al-Majed gave his fans three encores in the Saudi capital Thursday night. Why not? They had waited about three decades for such a show.
Congo : des artistes réclament leurs droits d’auteur
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Dans un entretien avec le premier ministre de la RD.Congo, les musiciens Nyoka Longo et Verkys Kiamuangana ont sollicité le soutien du gouvernement pour le paiement des redevances qui leur sont dues pour l’exploitation de leurs œuvres.
Hugo Chávez, Alí Primera, and the politics of popular music in Venezuela
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- Tuesday, 07 March 2017
Within five years, having formed a new political organisation and mounted a campaign rooted in these very songs, Hugo Chávez was elected president of Venezuela with 56% of the vote.
The Times They Are A-Changin': Is Folk Music Still Relevant for the Resistance?
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- Tuesday, 07 March 2017
It’s hard to imagine the turbulent '60s without such folk songs as “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Eve of Destruction” or “The Times They Are A-Changin’” serving as musical markers of protest.
Exploring Copyright: History, Culture, Industry
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- Tuesday, 07 March 2017
Understand the importance of copyright and learn its history, from the Renaissance to the Internet.
The Art of Disobedience
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- Tuesday, 07 March 2017
The Art of Disobedience, looks at how arts interfere and engage with politics.
En Afrique, même des radios étatiques n’acquittent pas les droits d’auteur
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- Tuesday, 07 March 2017
À quelques exceptions près, les artistes africains sont rarement rémunérés lors de la diffusion de leurs œuvres. Réuni près de Paris, le comité exécutif africain de la Cisac, la confédération qui gère les droits d'auteurs et des compositeurs, cherche des solutions pour le continent.
Art under threat in 2016: presenting the figures
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- Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Freemuse registered 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016 across 78 countries, continuing a worrying trend of artistic freedom increasingly coming under threat.
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