Chris Cooke - CMU | the music business explained (Page 54)

Lords committee calls on government to clarify copyright obligations of AI companies

public

Artificial Intelligence • 2 min read

Lords committee calls on government to clarify copyright obligations of AI companies

The House Of Lords Communications And Digital Committee has published a report on the regulation of AI. On copyright matters, it clearly sets out the position that tech firms should not use existing content to train AI models without getting permission from copyright owners…

Chris Cooke • 02 Feb 2024

Merck Mercuriadis moves to Chair role at Hipgnosis Song Management amid war of words with Hipgnosis Songs Fund

public

Hipgnosis • 2 min read

Merck Mercuriadis moves to Chair role at Hipgnosis Song Management amid war of words with Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Following the recent war of words between Hipgnosis Songs Fund and its investment advisor Hipgnosis Song Management, a change has been announced at the top of HSM, with Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis moving from CEO to Chairman…

Chris Cooke • 02 Feb 2024

Music industry celebrates YouTube passing 100 million premium subscribers

public

YouTube • 3 min read

Music industry celebrates YouTube passing 100 million premium subscribers

The music industry has welcomed the news that YouTube now has more than 100 million subscribers for its premium services, which include YouTube Music - with praise lavished on the once hated video platform by various music companies as it declared the news…

Chris Cooke • 02 Feb 2024

TikTok accuses Universal of “greed” and “false narrative”, begins removing tracks

public

TikTok • 2 min read

TikTok accuses Universal of “greed” and “false narrative”, begins removing tracks

Universal Music released tracks are being removed from TikTok’s music library following the breakdown of licensing talks between the major and the social media platform - if no new deal is agreed the dispute will also mean Universal published songs being blocked, which will impact on other labels…

Chris Cooke • 01 Feb 2024

Seat At The Table report on diversity in industry organisations showcases "a powerful signal of the progress and change"

public

Women In CTRL • 4 min read

Seat At The Table report on diversity in industry organisations showcases "a powerful signal of the progress and change"

The latest ‘Seat At The Table’ report has been published by Women In CTRL, tracking diversity within the UK music industry’s trade organisations - 52% of board members at those organisations are now women…

Chris Cooke • 01 Feb 2024

RIAA welcomes US government's latest piracy reports, but urges a "close look" at voice cloning sites

public

Piracy • 2 min read

RIAA welcomes US government's latest piracy reports, but urges a "close look" at voice cloning sites

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…

Chris Cooke • 01 Feb 2024

71% of music creators fear multi-billion dollar music AI business could stop songwriters from earning a living, says new report

public

Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

71% of music creators fear multi-billion dollar music AI business could stop songwriters from earning a living, says new report

Music industry collecting societies GEMA and SACEM have published a report on music and AI, based on a survey of 15,000 songwriter and publisher members. It sets out the opportunities and the threats posed by AI to the music-making community…

Chris Cooke • 31 Jan 2024

UK government publishes new UK streaming transparency code

public

Economics Of Streaming • 3 min read

UK government publishes new UK streaming transparency code

Part of the UK government’s wider work on the economics of music streaming, a transparency code has been published which sees streaming services and music companies commit to provide more information to artists, songwriters and their managers about digital deals and royalties…

Chris Cooke • 31 Jan 2024

Spotify hits out at Apple's plan to comply with EU's Digital Markets Act

public

Spotify • 4 min read

Spotify hits out at Apple's plan to comply with EU's Digital Markets Act

Spotify has criticised the way Apple is changing its App Store rules in Europe in order to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act - it argues those changes do not deal with the issues it has raised about Apple's in-app payment rules and which it hoped the DMA would solve…

Chris Cooke • 30 Jan 2024

Coldplay partners with MIT to study the live music industry’s carbon footprint

public

Coldplay • 1 min read

Coldplay partners with MIT to study the live music industry’s carbon footprint

Academics at MIT have announced a study into the environmental impact of the live music industry backed by Coldplay alongside their label Warner Music and promoter Live Nation - it follows Coldplay’s bid to reduce the carbon emissions of their tours by 50%…

Chris Cooke • 30 Jan 2024

Sony fails to get Experience Hendrix lawsuit thrown out of UK court

public

Experience Hendrix • 2 min read

Sony fails to get Experience Hendrix lawsuit thrown out of UK court

A UK judge has said that a dispute over the rights in the Jimi Hendrix Experience catalogue can proceed to trial - the estates of two of Hendrix’s former bandmates, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding, claim they are due royalties from those recordings…

Chris Cooke • 30 Jan 2024

Explicit AI-generated Taylor Swift images prompt renewed calls for new anti-deepfake laws

public

Taylor Swift • 2 min read

Explicit AI-generated Taylor Swift images prompt renewed calls for new anti-deepfake laws

Sexually explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift circulated on X last week, putting the focus back on proposals in US Congress to introduce new laws to stop unapproved deepfakes. X said the Swift images broke its existing rules covering “non-consensual nudity” and were being removed…

Chris Cooke • 29 Jan 2024