MusicTank yesterday announced a series of Think Tank events looking at the development of legal online music services, and how the music, media and internet industries can work together to develop commercially viable digital music offers that compete with illegal free services, have a real income stream, and which pay labels, publishers, artists and songwriters a fair share.
Think Tank 1 on 21 Oct will look at what consumers actually want and what services are in the process of launching; Think Tank 2 on 4 Nov will look at what new technologies are out there; Think Thank 3 on 18 Nov will look at licensing; and at Think Tank 4 on 4 Dec everything discussed so far will be brought together in order to assess what areas need more work, and also what the film and TV industries can learn from the music industry's attempts - successful and otherwise - to cope with the digital revolution.
All these events will take place in the MCPS-PRS building in London. Tickets for each event are £30, or £20 for Music Tank members, with a special ticket available for all four events for £100 or £70 for Music Tank members. More info at www.musictank.co.uk.