Walter Yetnikoff, Jimmy Iovine, Jerry Moss, Lawrence Lessig and More Debate the History and Future of the Music Industry on ArtistsHouseMusic.org

New Orleans, LA (PRWEB) April 23, 2008 - ArtistsHouseMusic.org (http://www.artistshousemusic.org), a non-profit resource for musicians and music industry entrepreneurs showcases over 2,000 hours of video interviews with behind-the-scenes music industry insiders and performers on a variety of topics that affect the future of the music industry.

Featured among the thousands of interviews on the site are former CBS Records executive Walter Yetnikoff; Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Jimmy Iovine; co-founder of A&M Records, Jerry Moss; and Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford and founder of Creative Commons, a non-profit organization dedicated to grassroots copyright reform.

Watch Walter Yetnikoff (http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/an+interview+with+former+cbs+head+walter+yetnikoff+full+session) explain why music industry executives would get rid of the Internet if they could, and the fundamental problems he sees with the major labels. Listen to Jimmy Iovine (http://www.artistshousemusic.org/node/5369/5213) discuss music as a service, life for the music industry after the CD, and the possibility of music as a subscription service. Hear Jerry Moss talk about the rise of A&M Records, discuss how the Internet empowers the individual, and hear many tales about his storied career. Lawrence Lessig discusses honoring creativity and protecting artists and creators by revamping copyright law. He addresses DRM - digital rights management - and how it may end up killing media piracy at the expense of the larger creative cultural ecology. Watch Zahava Levine, Chief Counsel for YouTube, discuss copyright control technologies at the 2007 ABA forum.

ArtistsHouseMusic.org is also a video showcase for the Grammy® Foundation's "Grammy in the Schools" program. This program reaches out to high school students to make them aware of the various careers available to them in the music industry.

About ArtistsHouseMusic.org

ArtistsHouseMusic.org is a free comprehensive online resource where all musicians can receive informational support, guidance, and expert resources to help them navigate the challenges and maximize the opportunities available to them within the music industry. The site's conception and funding for its development comes from The Herb Alpert Foundation. Artists House Music provides musicians and those who want to work in music with the tools to learn about the various segments of the industry on their own time, on their own terms, for free.

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