Policy, Research & Politics
Student demands female composers on A-level music syllabus
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- Tuesday, 08 September 2015
A student has launched an online campaign to ensure that women are represented on Edexcel's A-level music syllabus, which currently features 63 male composers and no female ones.
This is What Kenya’s National Music Policy Says
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- Tuesday, 08 September 2015
Marked as 'revised' and said to have been developed in consultation with major players in the music sector, the policy seeks to regulate, promote and protect musicians from exploitation and unfair practices.
Malawi: State broadcaster bans song for its “political message”
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- Tuesday, 08 September 2015
Francis Kalawe's newest music video 'Dzuka Malawi' has been banned from showing on state broadcaster MBCtv, reported Nyasa Times.
Inspiration Or Appropriation? Behind Music Copyright Lawsuits
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- Tuesday, 08 September 2015
Where do you draw the line between inspiration and appropriation when it comes to musical compositions?
Au Royaume-Uni, il est interdit... d'avoir de la musique sur son ordinateur
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- Tuesday, 08 September 2015
La modification de la loi sur les droits d'auteur défend aux Britanniques de détenir ou de transférer la copie d'une œuvre protégée par des droits d'auteur (musique, film, livre).
Looking ahead at the Post-2015 Summit
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- Friday, 04 September 2015
More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit from 25-27 September at UN headquarters in New York to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the summit "will chart a new era of sustainable development in which poverty will be eradicated, prosperity shared and the core drivers of climate change tackled".
L'UE n'aurait aucune preuve d'entente concernant Apple Music
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- Tuesday, 11 August 2015
La Commission européenne n'a trouvé aucune preuve d'entente illicite entre Apple et les maisons de disques afin de bloquer les services concurrents de musique en ligne.
Gorki Águila, Cuban Punk Rock Musician, Arrested in Havana
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- Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Openly anti-Castro, Águila has been arrested twice before, most recently in May, after he stood in front of the Museum of Fine Arts in Havana with artwork from graffiti artist El Sexto, which contained the word Libertad (freedom).
North Korea orders house-to-house searches to confiscate banned music
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- Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Always concerned about possible threats to his regime, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered music censorship to be extended, banning not only foreign songs but local tunes too, sources inside North Korea say.
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