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Too Little, Too Late? Sony Music Fires Off Blanket Warning Against the AI Mining of Its Catalog

Too little, too late? Sony Music has fired off a blanket warning against the unauthorized training of AI systems on its song catalog and other IP. The overarching Sony Music Group today made that clear-cut announcement on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment (SME) as well as its various subsidiaries and Sony Music Publishing (SMP). Spanning

Pandora Hits Back at MLC Lawsuit Over Streaming Royalties: ‘Legally Incoherent’

Music In a strongly-worded response, Pandora says the royalties group "thinks it knows better than the entire music publishing industry." Illustration by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket...

Huey Lewis Calls Musical Inspired by His Band’s Songs a ‘Creative Outlet’ After Losing His Hearing

Music You may not think of Buddhist philosophy and Huey Lewis as the same time very often, but it works for him when considering...

A Deep Dive into Music Supervision & Sync Licensing

https://nwcwebinars.com/ Why do music supervisors choose the songs they do for TV shows, movies, and commercials? And how do those songs get licensed, and for how much? How do music supervisors even do their job? How do indie artists pitch to music supervisors? For Canadian Musician and NWC's free September 2022 webinar...

Latest Music Industry Hires: Too Lost, UTA, ASM Global, Primary Wave, More

In one of February’s music industry hires and promotions, ADA Worldwide named Cathy Bauer (pictured) head of physical sales and marketing. Photo Credit:...

The Chronicler of Music Legends

Rob Bowman is the envy of every music journalist in the world. He got his start interviewing the likes of Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd when he was still a high school student in Toronto and, since then, his Grammy-winning career as one of the most respected music journalists and historians in the business has

The Music of Jurassic World Primal Ops – Techniques for Game Composers

By Winifred Phillips | Contact | Follow So happy you’ve joined us! I’m video game composer Winifred Phillips, and one of my latest projects...

Over One-Third of U.S. Music Listeners Don’t Pay for a Streaming Service, Study Finds

Amazon Music managed to tie Spotify on a newly released study’s list of the most-used streaming services (as a percentage of listeners) in...

Multimedia Music Acquires STX Entertainment Music Library in Eight-Figure Deal

Photo Credit: STX EntertainmentMultimedia Music has reportedly purchased the music library of STX Entertainment in an eight-figure transaction. The deal between London- and Los Angeles-based Multimedia Music and Burbank-headquartered STX Entertainment just recently came to light in a report from Variety. At the time of this writing, however, neither of the involved companies appeared to

Four-day music festival in Sri Lanka elephant territory set to continue, despite protests

HABARANA, Sri Lanka — As a four-day reggae, rock and hip hop music fiesta got underway Feb. 17, putting many wild animals inhabiting a...

YouTube Music tests live lyrics with newer Casting UI

As previously hinted, YouTube Music is getting live lyrics as part of a tweaked Casting UI that some users have already received. more… The post...

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Too Little, Too Late? Sony Music Fires Off Blanket Warning Against the AI Mining of Its Catalog

Too little, too late? Sony Music has fired off a blanket warning against the unauthorized training of AI systems on its song catalog and other IP. The overarching Sony Music Group today made that clear-cut announcement on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment (SME) as well as its various subsidiaries and Sony Music Publishing (SMP). Spanning

Pandora Hits Back at MLC Lawsuit Over Streaming Royalties: ‘Legally Incoherent’

Music In a strongly-worded response, Pandora says the royalties...