Sound Summit is excited to announce two new Festival Co-Directors for the 2010/11 events: Chris Hearn and Kirsty Brown. Kirsty Brown is currently the Editor in Chief of her own large-format publication DEMO Magazine and Senior Writer for the Music Network, and was formerly the Managing Editor of Sydney based street press The Brag. Kirsty

The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA), on behalf of Ausralian recording artists and recording labels, has launched a constitutional case in the High Court challenging 40 year old legislation which limits the price that commercial radio industry pays for the recordings it broadcasts. The High Court will be asked to examine a price cap

A few weeks ago the Australian Music Prize (AMP) announced it’s first short list artist; NSW based and one of Australia’s biggest hip hop act – Urthboy. At the St Kilda Festival on February 14, Urthboy and the AMP organisers announced the rest with a majority of NSW based artists following suit: ‘As Day Follows

In a landmark decision delivered Thursday February 5, 2010, the Federal Court of Australia has held that iiNet, and all Australian ISPs, do not have an obligation to prohibit copyright infringement across their networks. This verdict is regarded to have global implications as it now sets a strong precedent in how courts may deal with

The Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP) and the Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN) are pleased to announce Australian Indigenous artists are the first unsigned artists eligble to access Amrap’s AirIT. The Partnership will see a number of Indigenous added to Amrap’s AirIT each month. The Indigenous artists are sourced and recommended by AMIN, whose