Executive Shuffles: SoundCloud, BASCA, Rolling Stone, PopShack…

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PopShack has appointed Michael Tobin as Non-Executive Director, reports Music Week. Tobin was CEO of Telecity Group from 2003 to 2014.

Stephen McNeff is the new Chair of BASCA, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. McNeff is taking over from Simon Darlow, who stepped down.<!–/*
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Will Dana has stepped down as Managing Editor of Rolling Stone. Dana was the editor responsible for Rolling Stones retracted article on a rape at University of Virginia.

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Livid’s New 3D Motion MIDI Controller Is the Size of an iPhone

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MIDI controllers are a dime a dozen now. Most of them offer the same functionality: press the buttons and it will trigger whatever you mapped it to play.

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The Minim has eight expressive pads that respond to the force with which they’re played. The controller also has a fader controlled by touch and built-in 3D motion control.

The Minim is being released through a Kickstarter campaign. Livid hopes to raise $40,000. They are less than $5,000 away from their goal as of 11 AM on Thursday, July 30th.

I asked Livid why they are doing a Kickstarter, instead of just releasing the product in a traditional manner. Founder and CEO Jay Smith says Kickstarter helps small companies like Livid, which has about 10 employees.

“We found that a Kickstarter product release allows us to assess the interest in a product prior to investing our resources in production units. This is especially helpful to us, a small company, when releasing emerging technologies… It also helps us lower the final MSRP for our customers…”

 

Nina Ulloa covers breaking news, tech, and more: @nine_u

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Has Warner/Chappell Been Blatantly Lying About “Happy Birthday” Being Public Domain?

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Lawyers for the filmmakers suing Warner/Chappell over “Happy Birthday” have found some very important evidence.

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Suspiciously, Warner/Chappell only provided these documents three weeks ago, claiming they “mistakenly” omitted them.

Lawyers then found an earlier edition of the book at the University of Pittsburgh from 1922. “Happy Birthday” was included without a copyright notice.

Warner/Chappell has been arguing that the song wasn’t published prior to a 1935 copyright registration.

 

Image by ‘Lynne Hand,’ licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 Attribution Generic (CC by 2.0).

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Source: Industry News