Future of Music Coalition hosts Red Hot Chillin' Copyright Summit

If you're in D.C. this September 11-13, make sure to check out the Future of Music Coalition's Fifth Annual Policy Summit. The event brings together an amazing amalgam of musicians, lawyers, academics, policymakers and music industry executives to discuss hot topics in music and legal policy. Superstar panelists include:

• FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein
• Bertis Downs Manager and General Counsel, REM
• Shawn Fanning Co-founder, Snocap
• Kevin Arnold Founder/CEO, IODA
• John Buckman Founder/CEO, Magnatune
• Shannon Emamali Executive Director, DC Chapter, The Recording Academy
• Mia Garlick General Counsel, Creative Commons
• Rebecca Greenberg Executive Director, Recording Artists’ Coalition
• Jim Griffin CEO, Cherry Lane Digital
• Heather Hitchens President, Meet the Composer
• Suzan Jenkins President, Jazz Alliance International
• Mike Marrone Program Director, The Loft, XM Satellite Radio
• Mike Mills Bass player, REM
• Marybeth Peters Register, U.S. Copyright Office
• Tim Quirk Editor, Music Real’s Rhapsody
• Johanna Shelton Democratic Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee
• Hank Shocklee Music Industry Executive, Producer, Founder of Public Enemy
• Derek Sivers President and Programmer, CD Baby
• Jim Urie President, Universal Music & Video Distribution
• D.A. Sonneborn Ph.D. Assistant Director, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Fred von Lohmann Senior Staff Attorney, EFF
• Brian Austin Whitney Founder, Just Plain Folks