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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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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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fair music - For the emergence of a fair future music industry

Sadly, fairness in culture is not a given. Artists today are active in global markets, they are actors in a global culture in which variety is steadily being eroded.

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A fair music life? Quite our cup of coffee!

Just as soon as the term fairness is applied to the harvesting and consumption of coffee, it is in danger of being appropriated and devalued by the advertising and marketing departments. Therefore, it is high time to apply the concept of fairness to the music industry in order to formulate some new ideas.

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