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By Casey Rae
Interim Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition
Back when the Internet first became “a thing,” a lot of musicians instinctively understood that the music business — with its good aspects, its bad aspects and its absolutely awful aspects — was going to change forever. What a lot of us didn’t anticipate was that these changes would still be playing out almost two decades later. Another thing that may have been overlooked is the impact of policy the entire music ecosystem, from musician to fan. Now more than ever, this connection needs to be made.