IMSTA Bulletin - February 2009

IMSTA: Annual General Meeting at Winter NAMM 09

IMSTA AGM at Hilton Anaheim

IMSTA held its 5th Annual General Meeting on Friday, January 16th, 2009, at the Hilton Anaheim. The turnout was great as numerous IMSTA member companies’ executives and other supporters were present at this meeting and reinforced their support for IMSTA and its agenda. At the meeting, the president of Music Marketing, Mr. Ray Williams who is also on the IMSTA board of directors, presented the results of the “Let’s Talk Piracy” survey conducted in the last quarter of 2008. Read On...

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MEMBER PROFILE: Interview With Takahiro Sato – KORG Japan

KORG has always been very supportive of IMSTA and its educational methods of facing software piracy. Last year we had the opportunity to interview KORG USA’s Senior Product Manager, Jerry Kovarsky. This year, we are pleased to have had the opportunity to interview KORG Japan’s manager of product development, Takahiro Sato and discuss how KORG views software piracy. Full Interview …

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IMSTA PIRACY SURVEY: 3708 Responses, 83 Countries, 5 Continents

IMSTA's "Let’s Talk Piracy" survey was designed to gain a better understanding of what music software users think about the subject of "software piracy," and how IMSTA can best respond to help reduce piracy rates. IMSTA's goal was to open the line of communication between music software users and music software companies. Read On...

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IMSTA UK: Music Learning Live Show Manchester (March 5th & 6th at Roland UK's Stand)

IMSTA UK will be exhibiting at Music Learning Live, Zone New Media's National Festival of Music Education, which is being held at Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music on 5th and 6th March. The festival brings music educators from all over the UK to a two-day event that includes workshops, demos, live performances and a trade exhibition. IMSTA's UK ambassador, Stephanie, will join IMSTA member Roland UK on their exhibition stand to help raise IMSTA's profile among secondary school music teachers. Event organizers Zone New Media are also IMSTA members.

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I ASKED A SOFTWARE PIRATE: "Is It OK to Distribute a Pirated Copy of Your Latest Music CD?"

Namba Gear owner Woody Moran

Namba Gear Owner Woody Moran has recently written an article about his trip to South America and his visit with a famous South American musician who uses pirated music software to create his music. Woody says, "I couldn’t help myself and confronted him by asking if it would be OK if I distributed a pirated copy of his latest CD? "Now I had pushed his buttons and ...." READ ON...

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IMSTAR OF THE MONTH: Messe Frankfurt (MUSIKMESSE April 1 - 4, 2009)

An IMSTAR is a company or an individual that helps IMSTA voluntarily. Often, IMSTARs do not have a direct interest in the music software industry. The IMSTAR of February and March is Messe Frankfurt. Messe has continuously shown its support for IMSTA and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them for it. musikmesse

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MEMBERSHIPS: To Join Up or Renew Your Membership

		IMSTA is the best and only advocacy program the music software industry currently has for fighting piracy. We are fighting piracy on levels that go beyond the obvious. We are trying to change behavior. In order to do this we need a few simple things done by tens of thousands of people - yes, you are one of them. To start, we need you to join IMSTA. To do this, fill out our Membership Application Form. Next we do need you to pay your membership dues for 2008. This is a small but vital contribution that you will make to our campaign. We use your money to pay for the things that we can't get volunteers to do. If you haven't paid yet, please do it now. Finally, we need you to begin the process of implementing the program in the Industry Member's Guide. For starter, put the IMSTA Badge on your web site. This is as easy as 1, 2, 3. One thing for sure is that we cannot succeed without you.

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See you next month. Ray Williams Director Paul Fattahi Executive Director   --------------------------------------- 'BUY THE SOFTWARE YOU USE' ---------------------------------------		International Music Software Trade Association 1160 Ellesmere Rd. Toronto, ON, M1P 2X4 Canada INTERNATIONAL BRANCHES: Canada, France, India, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States   To unsubscribe to the IMSTA Bulletin click here