On March 22, a new association under the name Musikschaffende Schweiz (FR: Musiciens suisses, IT: Musicisti svizzeri, EN: Swiss Musicians) was founded as part of the m4music festival.
According to the information on the websites of action swiss music and Swiss Musicians Association The aim is to bring together the core competencies of the two associations: the fight against internet piracy and for fair compensation for digital use on the one hand, and advice, campaigns and workshops for musicians on the other. A new, completely revised website will be launched soon.
The board comprises 16 people who represent both the national languages and the breadth of local pop music creation:
Christoph Trummer, President, Head of Political Projects
René Baiker, Vice President and Head of the Consulting & Services division
Christian Wicky, Vice President for French-speaking Switzerland
Other members of the board are: Alexandra Egli, Shirley Grimes, Muriel Rhyner (Delilahs), Jeff Baumann, Marco Bliggensdorfer (Bligg), Reto Burrell (Burrell, CH), Roman Camenzind, Thomas Fessler, Andi Jud, David Johnson, Bruno Marty, Andy Prinz, Ivo Sidler (IVO).
Interview with Ivo Sidler on copyright and internet piracy.
