🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Lily Lark
This week we spoke with Lily Lark, a publicist at London-based agency 9t9t.…
Artificial Intelligence
EU AI Act
European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (ECSA)
International Artist Organisation
Henna Virkkunen
Glenn MIcallef
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EU AI Act can only provide a “temporary fix” to the “darker aspect” of AI’s “profound disruption” to creative industries says open letter
Spotify promises “artist-first AI music products” as it announces alliance with majors, Merlin and Believe
Spotify has pledged to “put artists and songwriters first” when developing music AI products, committing to work in partnership with the music industry and ensuring that its AI ventures are fully licensed. The three majors, Merlin and Believe are all on board for some Spotify-led AI experimentation…
New Udio lawsuit hones in on the “significant and unequal harm” inflicted on independent musicians by music AI
Udio has been sued again for copyright infringement, this time by a group of independent artists and songwriters. Although the majors are already suing Udio, the music creators say that their lawsuit “emphasises the significant and unequal harm inflicted on independent musicians by AI”…
Majors tell US Supreme Court to ignore ISP’s doom and gloom predictions and uphold billion dollar piracy ruling
The majors have urged the US Supreme Court to uphold their billion dollar win in a piracy lawsuit against ISP Cox. It argues that that ruling will result in mass internet disconnections, but the majors say that’s not true, and that Cox was simply held liable after saying ‘fuck copyright law’…
Ivors Academy launches campaign to ‘End Ghostwriting’ when music is created for film and TV
The Ivors Academy has launched a campaign to ‘End Ghostwriting’ when music is created for film and TV, ending a practice where some contributors go uncredited. Lead composers on such projects are being asked to ensure all contributors are credited, including on cue sheets and award submissions…
🎧Approved: BIG SPECIAL
Walsall duo Big Special turn post-industrial malaise into something close to gospel, trading in thunderous drums, spoken-word sermons and a humour so black it practically glows. New single, ‘Plaintive Native’, lands somewhere between working-class blues and post-punk sermon…
Viagogo tells NZ court that thousands of complaints “don’t matter one hoot” when considering if it misled consumers
Last year the High Court in New Zealand ruled that Viagogo had misled consumers and had unfair terms relating to disputes. The secondary ticketing platform is appealing that judgement, arguing that the high number of complaints made against Viagogo is irrelevant but swayed the high court…
Warner downsizing continues with new super division for Benelux and GSA
Warner Music is combining its Benelux and GSA divisions, which will now operate as one, led by former Benelux boss Niels Walboomers, with GSA Presidents Doreen Schimk and Fabian Drebes exiting. It’s part of the major’s ongoing efforts to find $300 million in cost savings, a lot of it from job cuts…
🎧 Approved: My First Time
Formed at university, Bristol quartet My First Time channel the scrappy energy of early Blur, the wry storytelling of The Streets, and a splash of Charli XCX’s pop sleaze. New single ‘Sippy Cup’ crashes like a hurled pint glass…
Legal action in Vietnam takes stream-ripper Y2mate offline
Legal action in Vietnam has resulted in popular stream-ripping site Y2mate going offline, with the operator of the service agreeing to shut down the site permanently. Meanwhile in Brazil the campaign against stream manipulation continues, with a court ordering that TurbineDigital be blocked…
Lucian Grainge says artist consent will be sought on AI deals - though only for voice clones and AI-generated adaptations
Lucian Grainge has sent a memo to UMG employees updating them on the major’s negotiations with AI companies. Most interestingly he identifies two scenarios where artist consent will be sought before employing AI tools: voice clones and AI-generated songs that “incorporate an artist’s existing songs”…
Having been accused of stream-ripping by the majors, Suno and Udio intervene in high profile stream-ripper case
The major labels recently added stream-ripping allegations to their Suno and Udio lawsuits. The AI start-ups say the majors’ new claims are invalid, but fear that a ruling in an earlier legal battle involving stream-ripper Yout could open them to liability. So they want that earlier ruling changed…
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