Analysis News Warner Music Group boss Robert Kyncl backs US Senate bill to crack down on AI deepfakes Kyncl to give testimony to a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Commitee on Tuesday (April 30)
News FKA Twigs voices support for NO FAKES Act in prepared remarks ahead of Senate hearing; says that she’s developed an AI version of herself that can ‘speak many languages’ Artist to give testimony on Tuesday (April 30) in front of a US Senate subcommittee looking into a proposed new bill to regulate AI deepfakes
Analysis News Epidemic Sound has courted controversy over its ‘buy-out deals’. Here’s exactly how the company pays artists… MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points
News HYBE-owned Supertone’s new AI ‘voice changer’ lets artists change their vocals… in real-time Supertone has launched the beta version of a new tool called 'Supertone Shift'
Interviews ‘Don’t sign things you don’t fully believe in. Otherwise you’ll have to fake it.’ Jamie Oborne talks success, ambition, adding Jack Antonoff to his management stable, and the “unflinching” artistry of The 1975…
News Billie Eilish, Metro Boomin, and more tell tech platforms: Stop using AI to ‘infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists’ More than 200 artists sign open letter calling on music platforms and tech companies to agree to AI pledge
News Streaming fraud leads to prison sentence for Danish man in case called ‘historic’ by artists’ groups Streaming fraud and manipulated audio are two of the biggest headaches in music today, and a criminal case shows how the two go hand in hand
News ELVIS Act signed into law in Tennessee to protect artists’ voice and likeness from the misuse of AI The bipartisan ELVIS Act was signed into law on Thursday (March 21) by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
News Should photographers and rightsholders get paid when tattoo artists ink pictures of music icons? A trial underway in California could determine whether a tattoo based on a copyrighted image is a copyright violation
Analysis News From Sony Music’s deepfake takedowns to iHeartMedia’s $100m BMI sale proceeds… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days.
Analysis Interviews Sony Music has issued nearly 10,000 deepfake takedowns… and other things we learned from Dennis Kooker’s speech about AI Sony Music's President of Global Digital Business delivered a speech at Chuck Schumer's AI Insight Forum
News Proposed US bill would allow indie artists to negotiate collectively with streaming services, AI companies The Protect Working Musicians Act of 2023 was introduced on Tuesday (September 19)
News Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square stays bullish on Universal Music Group, even vs. AI: ‘The long tail of AI-generated content will likely never be heard and will not displace legitimate artists’ work.’ Pershing effectively laughs in the face of concerns raised by analysts earlier this year over AI's threat to UMG
News YouTube and Universal Music Group partner to develop AI music tools – complete with ‘protections’ for artists and rightsholders UMG talent invited to guide development of AI music 'Incubator' at YouTube, as Sir Lucian Grainge sets out his view
News Google and Universal Music Group in talks over licensing AI ‘deepfakes’ (report) Talks between Google and Universal Music are at an early stage and no immediate product launch is anticipated, says the Financial Times