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EP 2: Ken Hatfield on What Musicians Need to Know About Copyrights
MFM SPEAKS OUT
English - February 28, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBMusic Interviews Music Business Entrepreneurship adam reifsteck dawoud kringle mfm music activism musician interview musicians for musicians musicians rights professional musicians Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode of MFM SPEAKS OUT podcast, co-host Adam Reifsteck and guitarist, composer, and music rights activist Ken Hatfield discuss the ongoing struggle between those who create music and those who profit from the labors and creations of others. We are witnessing the greatest expansion of technological knowledge in human history. Consequently, more secure copyright is necessary to protect the legal ownership of the individual’s creations – despite what Big Tech wants you to believe. The responsibility of making sure you are getting compensated for your work and not unfairly exploited is on the musician. It is more important now than ever that we come together as a community and fight for our rights. Unless we enact change, the days of music being a viable profession are numbered.
The two songs featured Etude No. 5 in E-Major and Variation No. 12 are provided courtesy of Ken Hatfield.
Credits
Producer and host: Dawoud Kringle
Publisher: Musicians For Musicians (MFM), Inc. and Sohrab Saadat Ladjvardi
Technical support: Adam Reifsteck
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