Singer-songwriter and YouTuber Taryn Southern has decided to push the limits of AI composition, putting the sound of her new album into the “hands” of four AI programs: Amper Music, IBM’s Watson Beat, Google’s Magenta, and AIVA. Aptly titled I Am AI, the album will be the first of its kind to be fully composed with and totally produced by AI when it releases in May.
Source: Taryn Southern’s new album is produced entirely by AI
Self-published songwriters and independent music publishers have until March 12th to opt in to a standardized direct music-licensing and administration deal with Facebook. The social network has engaged HFA’s Rumblefish service to offer to publishers and songwriters the opportunity to enter into a direct license agreement with Facebook.
Source: Facebook Licensing Deadline Nears For Indie Musicians
Vydia has completed a $7 million Series A funding round. The company now has more than 200,000 video creators that distribute, monetize, store and measure content using its centralized platform.
Source: Vydia Raises $7M For Music Video Distribution, Monetization
Village Roadshow’s outspoken co-chief Graham Burke has twice this month accused Google of facilitating crime and is now inviting the company to sue him. Meanwhile, Google is fighting for new safe harbor protections that Village Roadshow insists should be denied.
Source: Google on Collision Course With Movie Biz Over Piracy & Safe Harbor – TorrentFreak
In the 21st century, more and more information is “born digital” and will stay that way, prone to decay or disappearance as servers, software, Web technologies, and computer languages break down.
Source: Erasing history
The theme for this year’s event was “Where Innovation Meets Experience,” and it was touched upon numerous times throughout the congress. Pallante, for example, said publishers need to acknowledge the growing challenges to copyright, often resulting from technological advances that are outpacing publishers’ ability to respond.
Source: Copyright and Freedom to Publish Take Center Stage at IPA Congress
The judge’s decision is sure to be controversial and could prove quite consequential, too, potentially disrupting the way that news outlets use Twitter and causing many in technology to re-examine ubiquitous practices from embedding to linking.
Source: Judge Rules News Publishers Violated Copyright by Embedding Tweets of Tom Brady Photo
There is, to put it mildly, a lot of hype and misinformation around the world of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings – including their potential for the music industry.
Source: JAAK CEO warns music industry not to get bored with blockchain
According to BuzzAngle Music, people readily prefer to stream the most popular releases each year over most other songs. Rather than solve this discrepancy, music streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music have only helped to fuel it.
Source: 99% of All Music Streaming Comes from Just 10% of Available Songs
By building a decentralized marketplace for creators, run by the community, we build a new path toward digital artistic independence that can free not only content creators but media companies, brands and marketers as well.
Source: Mining cryptocurrencies and blockchain tech to save journalism