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fair music - within the scope of the UNESCO Convention

The project “fair music” falls within the scope of the UNESCO Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression and meets the goals and intentions of the UNESCO Convention, which entered into force on 18 March 2007. This project contributes to the development of Fair Trade standards for cultural goods and services.

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The niches of today could be the arenas of tomorrow

The globalisation of the musical market strengthens the strong and weakens the weak; it also endangers cultural variety. “Fair Music” strives for a globalised resistance against such mainstream tendencies in all genres. In place of “beautiful and rich”, this resistance strives for “creative and fair”.

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Hands-on information about copyright issues for students, free music for the public and the zest for artists to take part in a competition - that’s what the Open Music Contest wanted to offer. After it’s 3rd successful round the contest wants to spread from Marburg, Germany, to the world.

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Addressing the social and economic dilemmas of digital technologies

While the incumbent music industry has responded to the technology of digital distribution by restricting the rights of music listeners and of artists who build on each other’s work, two needs remain unanswered.

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Women in the music business - as composers, producers and musicians they are underrepresented. Looking at the internet, music stores or festival programs shows this discrimination.

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Markus Beckedahl, founder and blogger of netzpolitik.org, talked to music management expert Peter Jenner in a long interview at a conference in Berlin about the idea of a culture flatrate, the expansion of intellectual property rights, digital rights management and the prosecution of p2p-users.

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