The not at all dull sounding Future Of Music Policy Summit kicked off in Washington over the weekend.
According to copyright blogger Derek Slater, who is providing podcast coverage of the event (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/), the first day of the proceedings featured "one Long Tail reference, two compulsory licensing discussions, one Pitchforkmedia reference, one 'Google is the devil' reference, and zero copyright communist references."
Perhaps more interesting are ongoing discussions on whether the digital age really does great a more level playing field where unsigned artists and smaller independent labels can reach an audience as or more effectively that the major music companies. Will be interesting to know what they conclude.