1. Peter Julian Jenner was born on 3 March 1943 and is a British music manager and a record producer.
17 Facts About Peter Jenner
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Peter Jenner is the son of William Jack Jenner, a vicar, and grandson of British Labour Party Politician Frank Wise.
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Peter Jenner was educated at Westminster School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he attained a first-class honours degree in Economics in 1963, aged 20.
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Peter Jenner put on a number of free concerts in London's Hyde Park which included the 1969 concert by The Rolling Stones.
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Peter Jenner was asked to manage David Bowie, but turned the offer down.
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Alongside childhood friend and music producer Andrew King, Jenner co-founded Blackhill Enterprises, in 1966, where they produced songs and albums for Pink Floyd, T Rex, Ian Dury, Roy Harper, The Clash, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Robyn Hitchcock, Baaba Maal, Sarah Jane Morris, Denzil, Susheela Raman and Eddi Reader.
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Peter Jenner set up Blackhill Enterprises with King and his wife, Sumi Nishihata, in 1966 after discovering Pink Floyd.
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About the festival, Peter Jenner said, "The main reason we do them is because we feel a great interest in the importance of pop music in Britain".
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Peter Jenner was a contributor to the Blackhill Bullshit, a magazine which was distributed to concert promoters and agents in order publicise artists.
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Peter Jenner is featured in an interview with Edgar and Steve Broughton in the magazine's sixth issue.
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The band played mostly rhythm and blues songs, but Peter Jenner was impressed with the strange acoustic effects that Barrett and Wright created during their performance.
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Peter Jenner traced Waters and Mason to their flat, and with his business partner and friend Andrew King was invited to become their manager.
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Peter Jenner was an executive of the International Music Manager's Forum until 2006, and a director of the UK Music Managers' Forum.
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Peter Jenner has been a regular commentator on copyright and the music industry.
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Peter Jenner has argued that in response to Napster the music industry invested heavily in DRM.
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Peter Jenner now wants to see a wide variety of online music services and business models being licensed, through a mixture of blanket licences and individual licences.
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Peter Jenner argues that copyright, and intellectual property more generally, is a system which ensures that people get paid.