Saturday 22 May | 12.00-12.50 a.m.| Radisson Blu

FREE STREAMING AND DOWNLOADING – CLEVER PROMOTION, WASTED INCOME OR BREACH OF COPYRIGHT?

Is free music a sustainable model for artists and record labels in a digital world? When is free streaming and downloading a form of advertisement, and when is it a product that should be paid for? Who has the rights to what? Can the music business improve its coordination? Could it become as easy to start an online music service as it is to start a radio station?

Presented in collaboration with gogoyoko.com and KODA

Martin Gormsen, deputy director of KODA
Martin Gormsen has been deputy director of KODA since 1999. He has been involved in the development of many innovative actions regarding digital music in Denmark. Among them are TDC PLAY; an agreement which allows web access to the Danish Broadcasting Corporation archives, and several other music and broadcasting services, some of which have attracted attention internationally.

Rasmus Ardahl

, executive editor of BandBase.dk
Rasmus Ardahl is executive editor of Denmark’s biggest user-driven music site, BandBase.dk and chairman of the debate association Musikparlamentet (“The Musical Parliament”). He works with user involvement and social media with the purpose of creating new business models and improved conditions for musicians as well as fans. Rasmus Ardahl is MA in Musicology.

Martin Thörnkvist, co-founder of The Swedish Model
Martin Thörnkvist co-founded the organisation The Swedish Model, runs the music label Songs I Wish I Had Written and works with Media Evolution. All three initiatives share an optimistic view of the future of the music business and believe that the internet is a unique tool for bringing music to new dimensions.

Lena Brostrøm Dideriksen, chairwoman of Danish Artist Union
Lena Brostrøm Dideriksen is chairwoman of Danish Artist Union. She is a board member in a number of organisations in the arts and business world, among them ROSA – the Danish Rock Council and SPOT Festival. She participates actively in the debate about cultural politics and artist’s copyrights in the new media landscape.

Eldar Ástthórsson, press manager at gogoyoko.com
Eldar Astthorsson is PR & media manager at gogoyoko.com, the self-proclaimed ‘Fair Play’ music marketplace and social media platform. Eldar is also managing director of Kraumur Music Fund, an independent Icelandic operation established to strengthen Icelandic musical life, primarily by supporting young musicians in performing and presenting their works. He has been working with live events, festivals and radio for more than a decade.

Moderator: Carsten Ortmann, reporter and host in the Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Since 2001, Carsten Ortmann has been a culture and music reporter, radio host etc. in various departments of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Ortmann has an MA in Aesthetics & Culture and a background in the 1980s and 1990s Danish music scene as drummer, percussionist and singer in bands such as Picnic, Hunk Ai and Shirtsville.