The Internet Archive recently filed a motion to dismiss the copyright lawsuit filed against it by the record industry over its Great 78 Project. The record labels have now responded, with a fun debate over whether crackles in a recording makes copying it fair use on historical preservation grounds…
A lawyer for stream-ripping site Yout argued in court last week that YouTube’s input was required to settle key questions in its ongoing legal battle with the Recording Industry Association Of America…
The collapse of licensing talks between Universal Music and TikTok, UK Parliament's 'Misogyny In Music' report that calls for new legislation to end the cycle of harassment and abuse in the "boys' club" industry, and more…
The office of the US Trade Representative has published its annual ‘Notorious Markets Report’ that lists online platforms that concern American copyright owners - the record industry has welcomed the report even though its request that unofficial voice cloning sites be included was ignored…
RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier and COO Michele Ballantyne look ahead to 2024 in the latest of our series of interviews with the music industry’s trade bodies. They discuss the organisation’s work around AI, including co-founding the Human Artistry Campaign, plus the recent Gold and Platinum Class Of 2023…
The American record industry has submitted a ‘reply comment’ to the US Copyright Office’s AI inquiry, again hitting out at the suggestion that using existing music to train a generative AI model constitutes ‘fair use’…
Four US senators have released a discussion draft of what they are calling the NO FAKES Act, which would make it illegal to use generative AI to generate content that imitates the voice or likeness of actors and artists without their permission…
The RIAA has included voice cloning services - in particular UK-based Voicify - in its latest submission to the US government as it works on its next Notorious Markets report that lists piracy operations of concern…
CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss the call for "consent, respect and remuneration" to be central to the development of music AI platforms and tools, and the RIAA’s latest stats on US recorded music revenues…
The RIAA has published stats for the US recorded music market in the first half of 2023 - retail revenues grew 9.3% to $8.4 billion, in no small part powered by ongoing growth in premium streaming and vinyl…