AIxchange to Help AI Companies License Music; OpenPlay Cofounder on AI Monetization, Data Autonomy
#190 | Your Weekly Dose of AI Music News
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Royalties in the age of AI: paying artists for AI-generated songs
The AI music industry is growing, raising questions around how to protect and pay artists whose work is used to train generative AI models. Are the answers in the models themselves?
OpenPlay Cofounder Discusses AI Monetization, Data Autonomy
Is it time for the music industry to radically reconsider its approach to AI? Edward Ginis, cofounder and Chief Client Officer of OpenPlay, is already focused on monetizing AI instead of fighting it. An ardent activist for modernizing the industryâs data infrastructure, Ginis launched OpenPlay in 2013 after serving as CTO at Concord Music Group and views AI as an opportunity to evolve rather than a threat to resist.
AIxchange wants to help AI companies license music
âOur mission is to empower the GenAI music revolution by offering legal, high-quality music training data, ensuring ethical and compliant licensing for AI music generation,â explains operations manager Peer-Uli May.
Web3 services platform Unchained Music signs deal with vinyl pressing plant Sonic Wax
The partnership will see select artists on Unchainedâs Web3 services platform gain a physical presence in record stores globally.
Elton John Slams UK AI Copyright Plan as 'Criminal' Theft of Creative Work
The music icon joins industry pushback against a proposed law allowing AI training on creative works without explicit permission.
âMinecraftâ Is Quickly Becoming A Powerful Force In Music
The official soundtrack that accompanies A Minecraft Movie is finally a charting success, months after the film was released. The set debuts on the Official Compilations chart at No. 19. Itâs the only debut on the 100-spot list of compilations in the country.
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