Description
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This week’s discussion topic is about how music is “sold” or shared (legally and illegally) on the internet. Composers and musicians have traditionally been able to earn income through sales of their recorded works and compositions. File sharing compensation laws and illegal file sharing sites have changed this in the internet age, making it more difficult for artists to be paid for music distributed over the internet. This assignment has you read about the fairly new Music Modernization Act, signed into law in 2018, and also includes jazz composer Maria Schneider’s testimony to Congress about how the large players in data collection have gotten around paying artists for the intellectual content/creative property. Artists and record companies continue making efforts to work with lawmakers to look at current file sharing law.
Research MORE information on this topic to find a variety of viewpoints that will help you form an educated opinion on the topic.
Assigned Readings:
Grammy winning Jazz Composer Maria Schneider testimony to Congress about musicians’ ability to make a living in the new digital era, and creative property issues:
Written transcript of her testimony:
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU03/20140313/1…
Instructions
Discussion Grading Rubric
25 points each post
First Post
Topic Understanding 10 points
-shows understanding of topic and makes thoughtful opinion based on research
10 points – Very clear that readings were understood by incorporation into postings
5 points – Somewhat unclear that readings were understood by incorporation into postings
0 points – Postings reflect no evidence of assigned readings
Opinion 10 points
10 points – Opinion is clear and supported with facts/citations from student research.
5 points – Opinion is hard to understand and facts/citations don’t clearly support the opinion
0 points – Opinion is not based on any research, hard to follow and not supported by any facts/citations
Quality of Writing 5 points
5 points – Clear & articulate • Has correct grammar & punctuation • Quotes are properly cited
2 points – Contains several proofing errors • Contains documentation citation errors • Writing is not clear and professional
0 points – Contains multiple mechanical errors • writing is informal and/or inappropriate • Citations are missing
