ADVISORY/Industry Executives to Address Music Industry's State of Emergency during Sound City Music's 6th Annual Retail Business and Marketing Conference in Dallas.News/Entertainment Editors & Assignment Desks ADVISORY... for Friday (Jan. 17) DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2003 The five major record distribution company presidents will address critical issues facing the music business during the Sound City Music 6th Annual Retail Business and Marketing Conference, Jan. 16-18, 2003, at the Hotel Inter-Continental in Dallas. Copyright infringement Noun 1. copyright infringement - a violation of the rights secured by a copyright infringement of copyright plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy, plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own , downloading music from the Internet and counterfeit distribution of music is blamed for the record industry's $4 billion loss. Participants will include industry executives Pete Jones Pete Jones can refer to different people:
BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass Distribution; Jim Urie, president, Universal Music and Video Distribution; Jim Caparro, chief executive officer, WEA WEA Weather WEA World Evangelical Alliance WEA Washington Education Association WEA Wilderness Education Association WEA Workers' Education Association WEA WebSphere Everyplace Access (IBM) WEA Wisconsin Education Association ; Danny Yarbrough, chairman, Sony Music Distribution; and Phil Quartararo, executive vice president, EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. Recorded Music recorded music n → música grabada , North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced in Kilmarnock, Scotland. It is the most widely distributed brand of Scotch whisky in the world, sold in almost every country and with yearly sales of over 120 million bottles. , senior vice president Island Def-Jam Music Group will moderate the sessions. The theme of this year's event is "Music Industry: State of Emergency." Conference presenters will discuss copy protection of compact disc, wholesale pricing and global and Internet piracy. "The music industry is in a real state of emergency," says Henry Barrs, president of Sound City Music, who presents the conference each year. "This business conference gives small and independent retailers a chance to come together with the major record distributors to discuss problems and solutions to issues affecting the retail side of the music business." The conference will include award luncheons, dinners and artist showcases. Artists scheduled to perform include: Bishop T.D. Jakes and The Potter's House Mass Choir, Lil' Kim, Les Nubians Les Nubians is the name of an "Afropean" R&B Grammy-nominated duo composed of sisters Hélène (born 1975) and Célia Faussart (born 1979) from Bordeaux, France. Although born in France, the sisters moved with their parents to Chad in 1985. , Lil 'Mo, Darwin Hobbs, Rusty Waters, Devin The Dude, D'Mello, Mike Phillips, Ramiyah and John Stoddart. Gang Starr will make a special appearance. For more information, visit the Web site at www.soundcitymusic.ewebuilder.com. or e-mail musiconference@aol.com.
Media Advisory/Interview Opportunity
Music Industry Executives to Address Issues Facing
Record Business During Conference in Dallas
Who: The five major record distribution company presidents, Pete
Jones, president and chief executive officer, BMG
Distribution; Jim Urie, president, Universal Music and Video
Distribution; Jim Caparro, chief executive officer, WEA; Danny
Yarbrough, chairman, Sony Music Distribution; and Phil
Quartararo, executive vice president, EMI Recorded Music,
North America.
What: Will address critical issues facing the music industry
during the Sound City Music 6th Annual Retail Business and
Marketing Conference. Copyright infringement, downloading
music from the Internet and counterfeit distribution of music
is blamed for the record industry's $4 billion loss. Johnnie
Walker, senior vice president, Island Def-Jam Music Group will
moderate the sessions.
When: Friday, Jan. 17, 2003, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Dallas Inter-Continental Hotel
(Malachite Showroom)
15201 Dallas Parkway
Addison, TX 75001
972-386-6000 (phone)
Contact: To schedule interviews, call Taryn Brown, conference
coordinator, at 214/938-4788, or e-mail tbrown9290@aol.com
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