MBW Views

Björn Ulvaeus: ‘Bring on the AI revolution – but stay true to safeguarding creators’ rights.’

The following op-ed was originally delivered as a speech to European lawmakers on Tuesday evening (May 20) by ABBA co-founder and CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus

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Ed Newton-Rex: Why I’m deleting my SoundCloud account.

This MBW Views op/ed comes from Ed Newton-Rex (pictured), CEO of the ethical generative AI non-profit, Fairly Trained.

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‘We need a change in approach to ensure songwriters are fairly remunerated for music that hugely enhances the gaming experience.’

George Rose, Head of Broadcast and Digital and Graham Best, Senior Manager - New Digital Markets, PRS for Music, look at the changing and crucial relationship between music and games, along with the licensing issues and revenue streams that lie between the two…

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‘If we don’t step up now, the platforms we depend on will become even more toxic.’

The following MBW op/ed comes from Deviate Digital founder Sammy Andrews

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On… Udio, FUGA, Universal, Merlin, and missed opportunities

The following op/ed originally appeared in Tim Ingham's MBW Review newsletter, sent exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.

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On… breaking down barriers to build bridges in the music business

The following MBW op/ed comes from Dr. Portia Sabin, President of the Music Business Association

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‘Any proposal to soften the UK’s position on copyright is taking away an artist’s right to build a sustainable career out of their work.’

The following MBW op/ed comes from Camilla Waite, General Counsel, PPL.

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Ruth Barlow of AIM and Beggars Group on UMG, Downtown and why she believes ‘regulators must act’

This MBW op/ed comes from Ruth Barlow, Chair of the UK's AIM, and Director of Live Licensing at Beggars Group

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Five reasons why sync is still stuck in the last century…

The following MBW op/ed comes from Tom Stingemore, the founder of sync data platform, ALLOY

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AI and the new Value Gap: Four actions to prevent songwriters from being sidelined

MBW Views is a series of exclusive op/eds from eminent music industry people… with something to say. The following op/ed comes from Ran Geffen Levy

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On… understanding the critical value of data ownership

The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Music Glue founder, Mark Meharry

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How independent labels and their artists can win the AI race…

The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Marie Clausen, Managing Director for North America at Ninja Tune

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A letter to Steve Boom.

MBW founder Tim Ingham on Amazon's surprise new tie-up with Suno.

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I Wrote This Because People Are Still Dying.

Attune's Matt Thomas calls for the industry to wake up over the threat to artists from mental health and addiction

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Mark Douglas on the rising importance of the International Performer Number: ‘We strive to remove cost from the wider industry and sharing metadata and systems is one way we do that.’

The following op/ed comes from Mark Douglas, CIO of UK-based music licensing company, PPL.