Two Boston colleges are leading the way in protecting the rights of music creators, performers and rights holders around the world.
Berklee College of Music and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are collaborating on the Open Music Initiative to improve how singers, songwriters and performers get paid in the internet era, according to reports in the Boston Herald and Rolling Stone magazine.
The leader of a working group pushing for construction of a rail link connecting North and South stations is urging action to get underway on a feasibility study of the project, and is willing to compromise on what the scope an analysis should look like.
Reacting to comments made by Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, who suggested examination of the ideas submitted by the North South Rail Link Working Group last month could exceed the $2 million allocation from the state for the study, former Gov. Michael Dukakis said he'd be okay with paring back the scope of the study for the sake of urgency.
