{"id":2956,"date":"2012-04-19T18:52:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T22:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mediaberkman\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2012-04-19T18:52:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T22:52:24","slug":"rb-199-be-great-go-viral-rethinking-music-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mediaberkman\/2012\/04\/19\/rb-199-be-great-go-viral-rethinking-music-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"RB 199: Be Great. Go Viral. (Rethinking Music IX)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"RB199 by mscellanea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/76027164@N05\/7092308557\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7061\/7092308557_7813196cec.jpg\" alt=\"RB199\" width=\"500\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wilkins.law.harvard.edu\/podcasts\/mediaberkman\/radioberkman\/2012-04-17_herlihy.mp3\"><strong>or download<\/strong><\/a><strong> | &#8230;also in <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wilkins.law.harvard.edu\/podcasts\/mediaberkman\/radioberkman\/2012-04-17_herlihy.ogg\">Ogg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dave Herlihy currently teaches music industry classes at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.music.neu.edu\/faculty-staff\/entire-list\/david-herlihy\/\">Northeastern University<\/a> and operates his own\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.herlihylaw.com\/\">practice<\/a>\u00a0specializing in\u00a0entertainment law, intellectual property, copyright, trademark, licensing, and new media.<\/p>\n<p>But twenty-five years ago he was the lead singer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opositive.com\">O Positive<\/a>, a Boston-area band poised on the brink of a major label record deal.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Friend of the show, Assistant Director of Harvard Law School&#8217;s Cyberlaw Clinic, and lecturer at Harvard Law School <a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/people\/cbavitz\">Chris Bavitz<\/a> interviewed Dave about his band\u2019s trajectory from being the \u201cbest band in the basement\u201d to appearing on the Billboard charts (and what came after).<\/p>\n<p>Dave also offers his insight into the role of record labels in the YouTube era, and how he would resolve media licensing issues if he were an enlightened despot, and how to get famous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Listen up! Comment on the show! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/radioberkman\">Tweet<\/a> us!<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=298096088&amp;s=143441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/AudioBerkman\/Files\/iTunes_iClick.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/radioberkman\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/AudioBerkman\/Files\/feed-icon32x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Subscribe to Radio Berkman<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference Section:<\/strong><br \/>\nMore about the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rethink-music.com\/\">Rethink Music conference<\/a>!<br \/>\nFollow our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mediaberkman\/tag\/music\/\">Rethinking Music series<\/a><br \/>\nImage adapted from Creative Commons licensed Flickr photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/karrienodalo\/\">camerakarrie<\/a><br \/>\nMusic by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opositive.com\/\">O Positive<\/a>, with permission from Dave Herlihy<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s episode produced and edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/blanket\">Daniel Dennis Jones<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prx.org\/users\/68930-fharlow\">Frances Harlow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen: or download | &#8230;also in Ogg Dave Herlihy currently teaches music industry classes at Northeastern University and operates his own\u00a0practice\u00a0specializing in\u00a0entertainment law, intellectual property, copyright, trademark, licensing, and new media. 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