This is the scorecard CMM created to track progress in the ongoing Economics Of Music Streaming work that was initiated by the 2021 inquiry led by the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee in the UK Parliament. We regularly…
This is an open letter from the Council Of Music Makers on the announcement that the Department For Culture, Media & Sport has convened a roundtable on AI and the creative industries. We greatly welcome the acknowledgement from Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer…
The Council Of Music Makers will curate a day of sessions as part of the conference at The Great Escape in Brighton next May. The CMM presented sessions will take place on Thursday 16 May and put the focus on…
The Council Of Music Makers – representing UK songwriters, composers, artists, musicians, producers and music managers – has today published five fundamentals that should be fully embraced by technology companies and the music industry as they develop new music AI…
The Council Of Music Makers recognises that AI presents opportunities for the music business. However, the rights of music-makers – including artists, musicians, songwriters and studio producers – must be respected by technology companies and rights-holders as music AI models…
This is a template letter provided by CMM that music-makers and their managers can tailor and send to any labels, distributors and publishers they work with, making it clear that advance permissions must be sought before any of their music…
This white paper provides an overview of the economics of music streaming work that has been ongoing in the UK since the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee in Parliament published its report on the digital music business in…
The UK Council Of Music Makers, the umbrella body consisting of the Ivors Academy, the FAC, MMF, MPG and the MU, has welcomed today’s announcement that a voluntary pan-industry code on metadata has been agreed. It follows yesterday’s confirmation from the…
The Council Of Music Makers welcomes the announcement from the UK government regarding next steps in the ongoing economics of music streaming work that is being led by the Intellectual Property Office. A music-maker remuneration working group is being convened…
The Council Of Music Makers welcomes confirmation today that the UK government will convene a working group to consider music-maker remuneration from streaming. That development was confirmed in a letter to the Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee in Parliament.…