Universal just launched a claims-free music subscription service for content creators

Dubbed Universal Music for Creators, the new service gives consumers unlimited access to a pre-cleared music and sound effects library, starting at $5.99 per month. The program features what Universal says is over 50,000 “top-quality tracks” and 200,000 sound effects, “powered by a team that is constantly sourcing and creating the newest sounds to meet the dynamic needs of today’s creators”.

Source: Universal just launched a claims-free music subscription service for content creators with 50,000 tracks and 200,000 sound effects

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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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