Casey Rae

Casey Rae (born May 23, 1974) is a musician, nonprofit leader and cultural critic, as well as a technology, telecommunications and intellectual property policy analyst and professor. Rae's commentary on the impact of technology on creators can be found in various media, including NPR,^[1] Washington Post,^[2] New York Times,^[3] Politico,^[4] Billboard,^[5] L.A. Times,^[6] Gizmodo,^[7] The Hill,^[8] Ars Technica,^[9] Sirius XM Radio^[10] and other outlets. Rae is the Chief Executive Officer for the Future of Music Coalition, a national nonprofit education, research and advocacy organization for musicians. He is an adjunct professor in Georgetown University's Communications Culture and Technology graduate program.^[11] Rae has written several scholarly articles on matters relating to intellectual property, new digital business models and copyright,^[12] and has testified before Congress on artist rights.^[13] He has maintained a website, The Contrarian Media, since 2006, which publishes articles on issues ranging from the economics of cultural production^[14] to the surveillance state^[15] to esoterica.^[16] Rae is also the owner-operator of Lux Eterna Records,^[17] a Washington, DC-based record label specializing in art-rock, experimental pop and avant-garde music. Over the years, Rae has contributed music criticism to Dusted Magazine, Pitchfork and Signal to Noise.

Biography

Rae was born in the Northeast US and played in various bands in the 1990s, before taking a post as the Music Editor for Seven Days Newspaper in Burlington, Vermont. He subsequently relocated to Washington, DC area, where he currently publishes and teaches.

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