Karen Bliss

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Karen Bliss is the Canadian correspondent for Billboard, in addition to writing for Rolling Stone, MSN, AOL and many others publications and sites in Canada. She is also founder/editor-in-chief of www.samaritanmag.com, a music-heavy original news magazine, and runs Canadian music column musiclowdown.com.

Watch: Universal's Rob Wells Vs. Omniphone's Rob Lewis Vs. Jack Daniels at Music Matters (Video)
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Watch: Universal's Rob Wells Vs. Omniphone's Rob Lewis Vs. Jack Daniels at Music Matters (Video)

June 16, 2011 3:17 PM EDT 
A drinking game/Q&A at the Music Matters conference in Singapore between Rob Wells, Universal Music Group's President of Global Digital Business and Rob Lewis, Omniphone's Executive Chairman and a bottle of Jack Daniels may have set a precedent for all future tight-lipped panelists. After scouring the earth, .Biz got its hands on a video of the rather candid and informative discussion, which you can see here as the pair line-up the shot glasses for questions they couldn't answer.
The .Biz Q&A: NXNE's Managing Director Andy McLean
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The .Biz Q&A: NXNE's Managing Director Andy McLean

June 16, 2011 12:57 PM EDT 
Toronto's NXNE has more than tripled in size since its inception seventeen years ago. The event now features 650 bands, 50 panels, 40 films and a new interactive component all running this week. .Biz spoke with NXNE's Managing Director Andy McLean, amidst all the action, about the confab's evolution and the rise of the indies.
Canada's SOCAN Files For Webcasting Tariff
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Canada's SOCAN Files For Webcasting Tariff

June 15, 2011 8:25 AM EDT 
The Society of Music Authors, Composers and Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) has filed an application with the Copyright Board of Canada for an interim tariff to license the use of music on websites that profit from audiovisual webcasting and user-generated content services.
Robin Gibb, CISAC President/Bee Gee on World Copyright Summit, Clouds, Threats to PROs (Q&A)
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Robin Gibb, CISAC President/Bee Gee on World Copyright Summit, Clouds, Threats to PROs (Q&A)

June 10, 2011 3:01 PM EDT 
Robin Gibb, perhaps best known as one of the Bee Gees, is also the President of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), which just held their third annual World Copyright Summit in Brussels this past week (June 7 and 8).  Gibb graciously spoke to Billboard.biz in the middle of the conference to address the future of creative copyright, the growing cloud storm and threats to performance rights organizations (PROs).
The Biz Q&A: Jasper Donat, President of Music Matters
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The Biz Q&A: Jasper Donat, President of Music Matters

June 02, 2011 1:32 PM EDT 
Music Matters 2011, the premiere Asian music industry conference, just wrapped up last week in Singapore. Jasper Donat, President of Music Matters, spoke to .Biz about this year's event which included an interview with producer Steve Lillywhite, performances by Simple Plan and Imogen Heap and a new Digital Matters conference. He also let us in on what to expect for next year.
Canadian Government Reintroduces Copyright Modernization Act
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What Will Canada's New Majority Government Mean for Copyright Reform?

May 05, 2011 1:02 PM EDT 
Monday’s re-election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government in Canada to a majority stronghold means that there will be fewer impediments to get its legislation passed. What does that mean for the country's long-running efforts in copyright reform?

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