Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Copyright exceptions will not deliver anticipated economic growth, licensing bodies say
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Copyright exceptions will not deliver anticipated economic growth, licensing bodies say
The Government's plans – driven by the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) – threatens to "undermine" the success in the growth of licensing, PRS for Music said.
"Creators should not be forced to give away their work for free in order to subsidise other businesses through more exceptions," it said. "Consumers should not be directed to illegal services. Businesses should not be held back by unnecessary red tape."
The Government's plans – driven by the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) – threatens to "undermine" the success in the growth of licensing, PRS for Music said.
"Creators should not be forced to give away their work for free in order to subsidise other businesses through more exceptions," it said. "Consumers should not be directed to illegal services. Businesses should not be held back by unnecessary red tape."
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Tips for using e-books
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Banding together : how communities create genres in popular music / Jennifer C. Lena
Why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches? "Banding Together" explores this question and reveals the attributes that together explain the growth of twentieth-century American popular music.
As well as reading this book online, you can download it onto your desktop for a maximum of three days. Some publishers such as this one - Princeton University Press, have relaxed their publishing and copyright restrictions, which means you can now print 20% or copy 10% of the book if you are viewing it online.
If you are a Mac user you may have had some problems with e-books opening one page at a time in separate pdf files when you try to read online and scrambled content when downloading e-books.
If you have Safari 5.1
• download and use Google Chrome (in Google Chrome, type about:plugins in the address bar and check that Chrome PDF Viewer is enabled) and/or
• download the Schubert plugin http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/
If you have Safari 5.0 or lower
Files downloaded from Dawsonera do not work with Preview, the default pdf viewer on a Mac. Users need to download the latest Adobe Acrobat reader and open the file using that program. To set Adobe Acrobat as the default PDF viewer, CTRL-click on any pdf document in the Finder window, click Get Info, then choose Adobe in the “open with” dropdown list and also click on the “change all” button.
The problem of each page opening in a separate pdf window when reading online should be solved by checking the settings in Adobe itself. Open Adobe Reader and go to Adobe>Preferences>Internet and make sure that “display PDF in browser using:” is checked.
Why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches? "Banding Together" explores this question and reveals the attributes that together explain the growth of twentieth-century American popular music.
As well as reading this book online, you can download it onto your desktop for a maximum of three days. Some publishers such as this one - Princeton University Press, have relaxed their publishing and copyright restrictions, which means you can now print 20% or copy 10% of the book if you are viewing it online.
If you are a Mac user you may have had some problems with e-books opening one page at a time in separate pdf files when you try to read online and scrambled content when downloading e-books.
If you have Safari 5.1
• download and use Google Chrome (in Google Chrome, type about:plugins in the address bar and check that Chrome PDF Viewer is enabled) and/or
• download the Schubert plugin http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/
If you have Safari 5.0 or lower
Files downloaded from Dawsonera do not work with Preview, the default pdf viewer on a Mac. Users need to download the latest Adobe Acrobat reader and open the file using that program. To set Adobe Acrobat as the default PDF viewer, CTRL-click on any pdf document in the Finder window, click Get Info, then choose Adobe in the “open with” dropdown list and also click on the “change all” button.
The problem of each page opening in a separate pdf window when reading online should be solved by checking the settings in Adobe itself. Open Adobe Reader and go to Adobe>Preferences>Internet and make sure that “display PDF in browser using:” is checked.
new e-books added to the library collection
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We've just added the following music e-books to the library resources
Popular music and the state in the UK : culture, trade or industry? / Martin Cloonan
Martin Cloonan examines why politicians and policymakers in the UK have sought to intervene in popular music. The author traces the development of government attitudes and policies towards popular music from the 1950s to the present, discovering the prominence of two overlapping concerns: public order and the political economy of music.
Popular music and the state in the UK : culture, trade or industry? / Martin Cloonan
Martin Cloonan examines why politicians and policymakers in the UK have sought to intervene in popular music. The author traces the development of government attitudes and policies towards popular music from the 1950s to the present, discovering the prominence of two overlapping concerns: public order and the political economy of music.
Performing class in British popular music / Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
Performing Class in British Popular Music examines the role that class signification plays in popular music in the UK, from folk music through to the present day. Rather than seeing class as a purely social or economic concept, Nathan Wiseman-Trowse understands it as a mythological concept that is constructed through the musical text in order to assure the listener of the authenticity of a piece of pop music
Log-in with your University username and password to access these and many more titles.
Friday, 9 March 2012
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Diamond Times for NME
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Happy 60th Birthday to NME.
This year NME are also celebrating their Diamond Jubilee
The first issue was published 7th March 1952 when the Accordian Times was merged with Musical Express. Although the library at Harrow doesn't hold the very first issue we have got a large collection of NMEs dating back as far as 1975.
Spend a few happy hours browsing the collection and enjoy music journalism and photography from a great British institution.
This year NME are also celebrating their Diamond Jubilee
The first issue was published 7th March 1952 when the Accordian Times was merged with Musical Express. Although the library at Harrow doesn't hold the very first issue we have got a large collection of NMEs dating back as far as 1975.
Spend a few happy hours browsing the collection and enjoy music journalism and photography from a great British institution.
Monday, 13 February 2012
£1m distribution by PRS
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PRS (Performing Rights Society) for music has announced distribution of over £1m to small independent music companies. Distribution is the result of pan-European licensing through its Independent Music Publishers’ European Licensing (IMPEL) initiative, set up in 2010.
To date PRS for Music has pan-European licensing deals with 7digital, Spotify, Amazon, Apple iTunes and Research in Motion amongst others and recently announced a licensing deal with Apple for its cloud-based music services, the third cloud service to be licensed. Read the PRS press statement here.
To date PRS for Music has pan-European licensing deals with 7digital, Spotify, Amazon, Apple iTunes and Research in Motion amongst others and recently announced a licensing deal with Apple for its cloud-based music services, the third cloud service to be licensed. Read the PRS press statement here.
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