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…
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 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…
The Council Of Music Makers, representing UK musicians, songwriters, music producers, featured artists and their managers, has responded to the recent debate about MPs accepting free tickets, saying “we need you at our events!” Unlike other sectors where MPs and…
The UK government has announced a new consultation on copyright and AI. This is our response… This consultation provides a unique moment for the government to protect individual creators’ rights and facilitate a dynamic licensing market for the use of…
With a new government and lots of new MPs in Parliament, we’ve just published ‘Unfinished Business’, summarising some of the recent music-maker led campaigns, what has been achieved so far, and what we need from the new ministers and MPs…
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Music has published a new report titled ‘AI And The Music Industry – Master Or Servant’. The CMM has issued the following response… “We are grateful to the APPG for this report, which provides…
Earlier today the UK government convened Creator Remuneration Working Group met for the first time. Part of the ongoing Economics Of Music Streaming programme of work, this group will consider the issues regarding how music-makers are paid when their music…