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Artificial intelligence could be ‘devastating’ to these musicians

January 23, 2024By rightstech

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

January 23, 2024By rightstech

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

January 22, 2024By rightstech

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

January 22, 2024By rightstech

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

January 22, 2024By rightstech

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

January 22, 2024By rightstech

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

January 22, 2024By rightstech

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

Anthropic to Enable Image Analysis in AI Chatbot Claude

January 17, 2024By rightstech

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is reportedly working on a new feature for its chatbot Claude that would enable it to analyze images. Although Anthropic has not publicly discussed this new feature, a review of the company’s website code using Chrome developer tools has revealed unpublished wording related to image analysis, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Jan. 17).

Source: Anthropic to Enable Image Analysis in AI Chatbot Claude

Netflix Looks to Hire a Financial Analyst for Residuals, After Studio Deals With WGA and SAG-AFTRA Change Equation

January 17, 2024By rightstech

In the job listing, posted last week, Netflix said the financial analyst for residuals will be “a key member in our Contingent Compensation & Reporting Department” whose main responsibilities will be “interpreting and analyzing residual impact in accordance with various guilds, unions and production service agreements and execute accordingly.”

Source: Netflix Looks to Hire a Financial Analyst for Residuals, After Studio Deals With WGA and SAG-AFTRA Change Equation

BandLab launches sync licensing program for its 60m+ registered users

January 17, 2024By rightstech

The service is called ‘BandLab Licensing‘ and the company claims that it’s a “first-of-its-kind offering for a music creation platform”. BandLab Licensing is described by BandLab as “a turnkey solution for one-stop licensing” that will offer synchronization opportunities for film, TV, games, and advertising. Additionally, BandLab says that it extends streaming licenses to platforms “seeking fresh and distinctive rights-cleared content”.

Source: Music-making platform BandLab launches sync licensing program for its 60m+ registered users