New Zealand, the homey island not far from here have announced they will introduce a three strikes and your out policy, aimed at curbing peer to peer file sharing. Under the proposed legislation, file-swappers would receive three warnings from their Internet service provider to stop their allegedly infringing activity — sent at the behest of
$42 million funding Creative Industries
NSW Minister for the Arts, Virginia Judge today announced $11.3 million in new grants as part of the State Government’s $42.7 million 2010 Arts Funding Program. This includes three year funding for Indent to remain delivering all ages support and awesomeness. Ms Judge said the program supported arts organisations and community events across NSW: “This
SMAC Award Winners announced
Sydney’s Music Art and Culture awards (SMAC) awarded their second annual winners at Cockle Bay Warf on December 8, 2009. The winners all walked home proud to be named amongst those that keep Sydney’s cultural heart beating. Local electronica hereo’s Seekae (pictured) took out the best live music act gong who at the start of
New Corporate Director for MusicNSW
MusicNSW is delighted to announce that Greg Carey has been appointed as our new Director Corporate, commencing in January 2010. Greg’s experience as a music business entrepreneur, his work on all levels of the industry, and his excellent knowledge of Music NSW’s mission and operations made him the ideal candidate in a strong field of
AIR Award Winners announced
In an award ceremony, rival to any great party, in Melbourne on Sunday November 22 the 2009 Australian Independent Record Association awards were named. Ten categories documented the 2009 Indepedent music scene in Australia to a whole host of stand out performances from Midnight Juggernaughts, Dappled Cities, Bertie Blackman, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Bridezilla, Kirsty Lee
Australian Cultural Policy Future
Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett has launched an online forum wecoming feedback on the future of Australia’s Cultural Policy. The forum is attracting a colorful array of responses and gives an opportunity for you to be involved in “the shaping of Australia’s Cultural Future” says Garrett. There are three forum topics that you can
Music sharers are music buyers
Recently Australian Industry trade magazine – The Music Network, released a report on claims that Peer to Peer file share users may not be the devil for the music industry as always claimed. While the report is of the UK it is interesting to read the facts in light of the rush to crack down
Google’s The Music OneBox
Google is pretty much the yardstick of the internet. Its seach engine capabilities are far beyond any other (not to mention we hear they have masseuses and chefs onsite at Google HQ), so it was only a matter of time until they conquered music. Affiliating with Myspace and LaLa, Google have launched a new music
A dead POPE, a musician’s dream
Live Music in NSW has struggled for some time. Our venues have faced barriers that are not experienced in other States and as a result the people of NSW have not enjoyed the full richness and vibrancy that a strong live music scene brings to the cultural character of a State. In the wake of
AIR Award Nominees announced
Continuing on into the awards season the Australian Independent Records Association (AIR) of Australia have announced the nominees for the 2009 Jagermeister AIR Awards, the Awards honor the quality and diversity of music made by Australian artists, released by Australian owned independent record companies and distributed through Australian owned distribution companies. Best Indepdendent Artists contendors