The following guidance is for music-makers and managers who are approached by record labels, music distributors or music publishers about deals they have agreed with AI companies, usually inviting the music-maker to opt into the deal, and/or seeking additional rights,…
Music industry rightsholders – including record labels, music distributors and music publishers – are starting to enter into licensing deals with AI companies. It’s a positive development that – through a combination of lobbying, litigation and negotiation – rightsholders have…
The UK government has today published ‘Turn It Up: Our Plan for Music’ and announced the appointment of Michael Dugher as its Music Champion. This is our statement welcoming this news… We welcome the publication of the government’s Music Plan…
The Council Of Music Makers has today issued a statement calling on all parts of the UK’s live sector to recognise and uphold the value of songs and songwriters. Underlining the irrefutable importance that the work of songwriters plays in…
As the music industry starts signing major AI deals: now is the moment to genuinely put human creators at the centre of the AI opportunity. No more misleading rhetoric, no more deceitful buzzwords – now is the moment for an…
Music industry must guarantee music-maker consent, control and compensation The Council Of Music Makers is calling out the music industry as it starts signing major AI deals: now is the moment to genuinely put human creators at the centre of…
The government has published a statement on the outcomes of the Creator Remuneration Working Group which has been meeting since April 2024. This is a response to that statement from the Council Of Music Makers, which brings together the Ivors…
The government has published a statement on the outcomes of the Creator Remuneration Working Group which has been meeting since April 2024. It has agreed a set of principles with the BPI and AIM to attempt to address concerns about…
BPI and AIM have recommended that their member labels adopt a set of principles when renegotiating old record contracts with their artists. The Council Of Music Makers believes all artists should be receiving a ‘modern digital royalty rate‘ without deductions…
The Council Of Music-Makers is today presenting a day of conversations at The Great Escape Conference in Brighton. We have teamed up with the Association Of Independent Music to host sessions on the power of independence, getting the most from…