Casey Rae
Casey Rae (born May 23, 1974) is an author, musician, and former music business executive, as well as a music policy and media professor. Rae's commentary on the impact of technology on creators can be found in various media, including NPR,[1] The Washington Post,[2] The New York Times,[3] Politico,[4] Billboard,[5] Los Angeles Times,[6] Gizmodo,[7] The Hill,[8] Ars Technica,[9] Sirius XM Radio[10] and other outlets.
Rae is the former Director of Music Licensing for SiriusXM, the North American satellite radio service. He previously held the post of Chief Executive Officer for the Future of Music Coalition, a national nonprofit education, research and advocacy organization for musicians. He is an adjunct professor in Georgetown University's Communications Culture and Technology graduate program,[11] and faculty and course author at Berklee College of Music. Rae has written several scholarly articles on matters relating to intellectual property and new digital business models,[12] and has testified before Congress on copyright.[13]
Rae has contributed music criticism to Dusted Magazine, Pitchfork and Signal to Noise. His first book, William S. Burroughs & The Cult of Rock 'n' Roll was published by University of Texas Press in 2019 and has been translated into seven languages. A second nonfiction work, Dead Dharma: The Grateful Dead and the American Pursuit of Enlightenment will be published by Oxford University Press. He is also the author of Music Copyright: An Essential Guide for the Digital Age, published by Roman and Littlefield.
Biography
[edit]Rae was born in the Northeast US and played in various bands in the 1990s, and worked at a small record shop, before taking a post as the Music Editor for Seven Days Newspaper in Burlington, Vermont. He subsequently relocated to Washington, DC area, and currently lives in Washington state.
References
[edit]- ^ On Point. "Is Spotify Fair To Musicians?". NPR. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ^ Kang, Cecilia (January 20, 2012). "Federal indictment claims popular Web site Megaupload.com shared pirated material". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013.
- ^ Ben, Sisario (February 19, 2012). "Deals to Split EMI Spur Scrutiny and Criticism". The New York Times. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ Saleh Rauf, David (September 20, 2012). "Universal-EMI merger hinges on FTC approval". Politico. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ Rae, Casey. "Will the Copyright Alert System Break The Internet?". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ Healey, Jon (October 1, 2012). "Radio pays artists to be its recruiters". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ Van Buskirk, Eliot. "Why 'Mastered For iTunes' Won't Defuse a Copyright Time Bomb". Gizmodo. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ Rae, Casey. "Selling Spectrum for a Song". The Hill. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ Brodkin, Jon. "Fighting Internet piracy: CES takes on SOPA vs. OPEN debate". Ars Technica. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ "Future Of Music Coalition's Casey Rae On Media Matters Radio: SOPA Could Have "Chilling Effect" On Internet Expression". Media Matters, Sirius/XM. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ "Remixing the Future of Music CCT 636". Georgetown University.
- ^ Rae, Casey (2012). "Better Mousetraps: Licensing, Access, and Innovation in the New Music Marketplace". University of Maryland Journal of Business & Technology Law. 7 (1): 35. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ Rae, Casey. "Testimony In the "Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty and Copyright Term " Hearing". US House Judiciary Committee. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.