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Report from the joint FIM/AFM International Conference on The Economy of Streaming Media

Musicians’ Union Executive Committee member Rick Finlay has published a report covering the discussion that took place at the conference. It is now available to download, along with the full text of the FIM/AFM’s Burbank Declaration.

Published: 16 November 2018 | 12:00 AM Updated: 28 April 2021 | 4:29 PM

Musicians’ Union Executive Committee member Rick Finlay has published a report covering the discussion that took place at the conference. It is now available to download, along with the full text of the FIM/AFM’s Burbank Declaration.

The conference took place in Los Angeles last month, and was the third in an ongoing series of conferences covering the digital economy.

The focus of the conference was on the growth of the streaming economy, with input from major labels and collecting agencies. The report covers insights from examining the benefits of incremental change to copyright law, to developments in how streaming data is handled.

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