RIAA Chief Plugs Radio Royalties at MusicBiz 2019

May 7, 2019By rightstech

n a keynote address at the MusicBiz Nashville conference’s opening day Sunday, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) chairman and CEO Mitch Glazier said that the time is ripe for the music industry to try and reach for some long-sought goals, such as earning royalty payments for artists from terrestrial radio.

Source: RIAA Chief Mitch Glazier Advocates for Industry Consensus to Fight Piracy, Negotiate Radio Royalties at MusicBiz 2019

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One of the biggest challenges facing copyright owners in grappling with the rapid development of generative AI technology, apart from a murky legal status, has been market failure, as discussed here in previous posts. The amount of existing material needed to train gen-AI models is so great, and so varied, that gauging the value of any one piece of it to establish a market price for it for licensing purposes is often effectively impossible. One group of rights owners is finding willing buyers among AI companies, however. An active, albeit for various reasons mostly sotto voce market has begun to emerge for the use of images held in large photo archives and by photo agencies and social media platforms, complete with per-unit industry and at least a nod toward creator attribution... Read More >>

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