A previous thread, Int'l Folklore Copyrights & Ethics, links to some rather disturbing "discussion" of this topic by academia and politicians.

There is the legitimate concern about giving some payback to collectors of trad music. If they go out and dig it out, and make it available, perhaps they deserve some compensation.

The more disturbing international trend is that some governments think that they should profit (via royalties) from any use of their "national treasures."

This announcement seems keyed to regional lore, but appears to deal with some of the more worrisome trends elsewhere.

Will we have someone taking notes?

Did she mention anything about publishing (or posting) transactions of the meetings.

John