Twitch plans to start automatically scanning clips of live streams for copyrighted music following a wave of takedown requests on years-old videos, which has frustrated streamers over the last week. Twitch says it will automatically delete clips with copyrighted music in them and that it will not penalize streamers — under its current rules, streamers can get strikes for copyright violations that could ultimately lead to a ban.
]]>https://themusicnetwork.com/livestream-copyright-vulnerable/
]]>Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin, two fellow musicians and programmers, developed an algorithm to come up with every possible music combination. The goal: to copyright every single combo in order to give it to the public so musicians and artists can use melodies without worrying about copyright issues down the line.
https://mashable.com/article/music-melody-algorithm-midi-copyright/
]]>The recorded-music business has been trumpeting big gains in recent years, sparking a flood of new interest from investors. But music is just one piece of a pie that also includes publishing revenue from the underlying compositions. So what’s the overall value of the world’s music copyright today?
Former Spotify exec Will Page has for some years been producing an annual calculation bringing recordings and publishing together in a ‘value of the music copyright business’ metric. He published his latest (via Billboard) on Friday:
“The total global value of the music copyright business reached $30.1 billion in 2018, an all-time high in nominal terms… although still shy of its 2001 peak once inflation is taken into account.”
https://musically.com/2020/03/02/report-global-value-of-music-copyright-reached-30-1bn-in-2018/
]]>"Music, video and other artists are earning a record $10 billion in royalties a year — but they are not letting up on their fight for a fairer share of digital income. The worldwide publishing group Cisac, which released the figure today, hailed European plans for copyright reform that were approved in April and urged the government in the U.S., the largest music market, to follow suit and ensure that services such as YouTube pay more to creators."
]]>The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) has called for “scrutiny” of TikTok, asserting they have "consistently violated US copyright law and the rights of songwriters and music publishers."
]]>TikTok is the musical Vine for all the Generation Z kids. Sensor Tower reported that TikTok hit 1 billion downloads worldwide in February. Additionally, 100 million of those were in the U.S. However TikTok now faces investigation into their copyright policies. The National Music Publisher’s Association (NMPA) brought up the concern in a letter to Senator Marco Rubuio. This continues and piggybacks off of Rubio’s request to launch an investigation into TikTok over censorship concerns last week.
https://www.edmtunes.com/2019/10/investigation-tiktok-copyright/
]]>https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/copyright-office-seeks-comments-on-music-modernization-rules
]]>Since 2007, YouTube has relied on an algorithmic system known as Content ID to police copyright on the platform, a system that works by comparing a database of copyrighted video and audio to newly uploaded videos. Livestreams are similarly scanned for third-party content, something that can result in a full copyright strike and the deletion of an account once a user reaches three strikes.
For those attempting to make a living off of streaming platforms, a strike on their account could be disastrous. Penalized with a 90-day streaming ban, the livelihoods of streamers are ultimately controlled by an algorithm.Twitch had once offered a royalty-free music library as a way to combat the problem. The curated collection of 500 songs was first made available in 2015 to use in the background of streams for free. But these, too, were subject to muting as its catalog evolved.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/arts/katy-perry-dark-horse-suit.html
]]>A Manchester country music restaurant and bar is singing the “Working Man Blues” after paying thousands of dollars to settle a music copyright infringement lawsuit.
More than a dozen music companies, led by Broadcast Music Inc., joined a federal lawsuit to force Bonfire Restaurant and Country Bar/Torched Pizza at 950 Elm St. to either pay the licensing fees or pull the plug on the use of copyrighted music.
]]>The Music Modernization Act, or MMA, has already changed a lot for songwriters and producers, but there’s a lot more on the way. And yes, it could mean more money for creators too.
https://www.thefader.com/2019/07/09/music-modernization-act-explainer-interview-david-israelite
The U.S. Copyright Office today announced that it has designated the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) as the new entity tasked with licensing and administering rights under the Music Modernization Act.
]]>The U.S. Copyright Office today announced that it has designated the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) — which is backed by the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), and the Songwriters of North America (SONA) — as the new entity tasked with licensing and administering rights under the Music Modernization Act.
]]>https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/youtube-revamps-manual-copyright-claims-1203263607/
]]>As technology develops to the point where AI is capable of creating original music, questions are being raised as to whether this computer-generated music and the people behind the code that make it possible, should be granted the same legal protections as more traditionally created music.
“I have songwriting credits…even though I don’t know how to write a song.”
The speaker of this statement is not a musician and has no musical training. His involvement with “creating” the songs in questions? Virtually none. He writes computer code. He helped create an app called Endel, which is self-described as “a cross-platform audio ecosystem.” Endel is part of a larger part of the current hot debate over works of art being “created” by computers using programs employing “artificially intelligent” modes of computer learning, or AI for short.
]]>Full article: https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/03/a-long-and-winding-road-to-new-copyright-legislation/
]]>Full article: https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8477070/cd-sales-not-dying-but-heading-towards-niche-status-vinyl-analysis
]]>Websites dedicated to “stream ripping” music from YouTube represent the biggest threat to the global music business, industry figures have warned, as a major crackdown seeks to address it. Sites that allow YouTube videos to be converted into an MP3 file and illegally downloaded to someone’s phone or computer are attracting millions of visitors, with estimates suggesting that a third of 16-24-year-olds in the UK have ripped music from the Google-owned platform.
Full article link: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/youtube-mp3-converter-download-piracy-a8505131.html
]]>Full article link: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/24/michael-jackson-may-not-have-sung-lead-vocals-on-posthumous-album-sony
]]>Full article:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8475895/music-modernization-act-industry-politicians-react
]]>Full article link:
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/09/19/eu-copyright-law-may-force-google-facebook-to-pay-billions-to-music-companies-publishers.html
]]>Full article link:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/how-contentid-knocked-down-decades-old-recordings-of-beethoven/
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