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Music
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The Trichordist
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…
The Trichordist
Your Music, AI, and the Machine Unlearning Research Hub: What Every Musician Should Know
By Trichordist
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,…
TechnoLlama
GEMA v Suno: Another landmark AI copyright case from Germany
While a lot of the attention in the AI and copyright space has gone to the hundreds of ongoing cases in the US, courts around the world have been tackling…
The IPKat
[Guest post] Music and games: A catalytic combination given the right conditions
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host this guest contribution from Katfriend Chloe Lake-Jones (University of Liverpool, MusicFutures), who reports on the MusicFutures Roundtable for the Harmony project,…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
WIRTW #803: the ‘Tubthumping’ edition
🎶 I get knocked down, but I get up again… 🎶 Like just about everyone else of a certain age, I know every word to Tubthumping. It's one of those…
Whitman Legal Solutions Blog
Beethoven’s Late String Quartets, AI, and the Art of Law
Beethoven’s late string quartets now are viewed as a pinnacle of chamber music, but that wasn’t always the case. The quartets were commissioned by Prince Nikolai Galitzin in 1822 at…
Althouse
I'm really enjoying the Como Brothers covering Beatles songs.
By Ann Althouse
Lots more here.
The IPKat
[Guest Book Review] A Feminist Reconstruction of Intellectual Property Laws in Music
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the review of “A Feminist Reconstruction of Intellectual Property Laws in Music” written by Metka Potočnik. This book review has been…
AI Law and Policy
Indian Music Industry Enters the Global Copyright Debate Over AI
By Samuel Cohen
The legal battles surrounding generative AI and copyright continue to escalate with prominent players in the Indian music industry now seeking to join an existing lawsuit against OpenAI, the creator…
Legal Theory Blog
Hignell-Tully, Finchett-Maddock, & Hultkvist on Law and Raves
Daniel Hignell-Tully, Lucy Finchett-Maddock (Bangor Law School), & Anders Hultkvist (University of Gothenburg) have posted Instrumenting(s): Accounting a Series of Repetitive Beats on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Visual…