UK public performance joint venture PPL PRS has paid out $1.2bn+ to date

UK public performance joint venture PPL PRS has facilitated the distribution of GBP £1 billion (USD $1.2bn) in revenues to music creators and rightsholders in the five years since its launch in 2018. The group was established by UK collection societies PPL and PRS for Music to provide a point of contact for companies and organizations that are looking to buy a license to play recorded music in public.

Source: UK public performance joint venture PPL PRS has paid out $1.2bn+ to creators and rightsholders to date

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AI Companies Get the Picture

By Paul Sweeting

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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