Deezer CEO talks artist-centric: ‘We want quality over quantity’ 

Folgueira said that this was Deezer’s attempt to bring an element of ‘user-centric’ concepts – a model the company had been trying to launch without success in previous years – into the new artist-centric model. Folgueira described the double boosts as “a rebalancing of the pool… we’re probably shifting around 1% of the royalties between the two boosts… so we don’t generate too much of a disruption with the new system”.

Source: Deezer CEO talks artist-centric: ‘We want quality over quantity’ – Music Ally

Writers, Actors, & Musicians, Oh My! — Will Musicians Strike Next?

Following last year’s strike from the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, the AMPTP may face a strike from the American Federation of Musicians. The AFM represents members who create music for TV, film, commercials, and other platforms and will begin negotiating a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The AMPTP negotiates on behalf of major Hollywood studios.

Source: Writers, Actors, & Musicians, Oh My! — Will Musicians Strike Next?

Facebook made a change after years of PR disasters, and news sites are paying the price

Meta has been de-emphasizing news across Facebook’s feed, upending many publishers that had come to rely on referral traffic. In September, Meta said it would “deprecate” its Facebook news tab in European countries including the U.K., France and Germany as “part of an ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most.”

Source: Facebook made a major change after years of PR disasters, and news sites are paying the price

Artificial intelligence could be ‘devastating’ to these musicians

The American Federation of Musicians, the union that represents music performers and artists, could be the latest entertainment industry union to go on strike over artificial intelligence. The AFM is starting negotiations with Hollywood producers. Shelly Palmer, of Syracuse University, said artificial intelligence will hit the musicians who produce TV theme songs and instrumental music for stores and theme parks the hardest.

Source: Artificial intelligence could be ‘devastating’ to these musicians

Two-Thirds of Young Creatives Use AI in Their Creation Process

A new survey finds that nearly two-thirds of young creatives aged 16-24 use AI in some part of their creation process. For younger generations, AI programs have become ingrained into their workflow, with those interviewed sharing the ways it has aided in increasing their productivity, whether they had adopted it over the last few years or tested it only for a couple of months.

Source: Two-Thirds of Young Creatives Use AI in Their Creation Process

French MPs want to amend EU’s copyright rules to cover generative AI

A commission of the French National Assembly published an opinion on Thursday (18 January) recommending amending the EU’s Copyright Directive to elaborate an international AI treaty and regular reviews of the EU’s AI Act. The EU’s Copyright Directive became law in April 2019, three years before the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which quickly became the world’s most famous chatbot and a household name.

Source: French MPs want to amend EU’s copyright rules to cover generative AI

Streaming fraud detection platform Beatdapp raises $17m, inks partnership with UMG

Beatdapp says its technology analyzes massive datasets to sniff out fraudulent streams, ensuring rightful payouts for artists and rights holders. The company says it analyzed more than 2 trillion streams and 20 trillion data points in 2023, while onboarding key clients. Beatdapp plans to use the latest funding to recruit senior leaders, expand its data science and technical teams, and venture into new markets such asAsia, India,and Europe.

Source: Streaming fraud detection platform Beatdapp raises $17m, inks partnership with Universal Music Group

TikTok can generate AI songs, but it probably shouldn’t

TikTok has launched many songs that have gone viral over the years, but now it’s testing a feature that lets more people exercise their songwriting skills… with some help from AI. AI Song generates songs from text prompts with help from the large language model Bloom. Users can write out lyrics on the text field when making a post. TikTok will then recommend AI Song to add sounds to the post, and they can toggle the song’s genre.

Source: TikTok can generate AI songs, but it probably shouldn’t

EU Parliament Votes in Favor of Music Streaming Royalty Changes

On Wednesday, January 17, the European Parliament voted by a resounding margin in favor of changes to the music streaming royalty industry “to ensure the music streaming sector is fair and sustainable, and to promote cultural diversity.” The resolution was adopted by 532 votes to 61 with 33 abstentions. Parliament calls for a new EU legal framework for the music streaming royalty sector, as streaming services continue to dominate as the primary method of accessing music.

Source: EU Parliament Votes in Favor of Music Streaming Royalty Changes

Stability AI’s former VP of Audio launches certification for AI models that respect copyrights

Amid a growing debate about copyright and ethics in generative artificial intelligence, a new non-profit, Fairly Trained, founded by former Stability AI executive Ed Newton-Rex, is introducing an initiative to evaluate and certify AI models based on their respect for creators’ rights. Similar to organic food certifications, Fairly Trained’s “Licensed Model” certification evaluates and certifies AI models based on their training data sources.

Source: Stability AI’s former VP of Audio launches certification for AI models that respect copyrights

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