Continuing our series highlighting objections to the proposed Phonorecords V settlement for mechanical royalties on physical and permanent downloads, our friends Helienne Lindvall, David Lowery, and Blake Morgan focus on a deceptively simple question: What is the record that allows the Copyright
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Selected Phonorecords V Comments
It’s that time again. It’s no secret that we are not fans of the NMPA’s “quick and cheap” settlement on the statutory mechanicl license for physical and downloads which in its own way is essentially “take this eat that” freeze
Your Music, AI, and the Machine Unlearning Research Hub: What Every Musician Should Know
If you’re a recording artists or musician, you have most likely heard some form of this pitch:
“Don’t worry. If you don’t like how your music is used for AI, we can always take it back out later.”
That sounds
Fans Left Empty-Handed and Texas Attorney General Launches StubHub “Ghost Ticket” Investigation
For millions of soccer fans, attending a FIFA World Cup match is a dream. But for a growing number of ticket buyers, that dream has turned into a costly nightmare—and now the state of Texas is getting involved.The ProblemIt should
The AI “License” That Isn’t: A Musician’s Checklist for Spotting a Covenant Not to Sue Censorship Trap in Disguise
If you saw the adverb “forever” in a contract, would it give you pause? It would me—I would wonder who allowed that to slip through. As text-to-audio generative AI models desperately try to normalize their shoot-ready-aim ingestion of likely stolen works to support their
This Isn’t Just Copyright—It’s Trade Discrimination Against American Creators
Readers of this blog know we’ve spent years supporting the American Music Fairness Act and its predecessor legislation, as well as the tireless efforts of the MusicFIRST Coalition and Blake Morgan’s #IRespectMusic campaign to modernize U.S. law. The argument has
Songwriters Are Being Asked to Accept Something We’ve Never Seen Before
The first settlement in the Phonorecords V mechanical royalty proceeding is now on file (see below). A settlement is supposed to result from a “voluntary negotiation,” so the document raises a simple question: when exactly did the negotiation happen?
The
Europe at the Crossroads: Will the Law Strengthen Authors’ Rights or Surrender the “Crown Jewels” of Human Creativity? @Helienne Lindvall’s ECSA Keynote
[An important keynote from Helienne Lindvall, President of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, on why creators’ consent, transparency, and fair remuneration must remain central in the AI era. The keynote was presented as part of the European Composer &
StubHub’s FIFA Ticket Debacle Is Different This Time
For years, critics of the secondary ticketing industry (including us) have warned about the dangers of speculative ticket sales, hidden fees, and platforms that profit whether fans ultimately get through the gate or not. Those warnings were often dismissed as
Don’t Freeze Mechanicals Again
The compulsory mechanical license was created by Congress in the Copyright Act of 1909 as a response to the rise of player pianos and piano rolls, which threatened to place control of a new music reproduction technology in the hands