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Posts by Marco Foley

MCNA submits Generative AI comments to US Copyright Office

The independent North American music creator community has submitted comments to the United States Copyright Office regarding its latest discussion on Generative Artificial Intelligence. The comments were made by  MCNA, the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) and the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL), and by the individual music creators Ashley Irwin, Rick Carnes and…
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Winners of FTMI Awards for outstanding contribution to music creator rights announced in Rio de Janeiro

Cape Verdean songwriter Solange Cesarovna and German composer Jörg Evers are award recipients in 2023 10 November 2023 – Rio de Janeiro: Fair Trade Music International (FTMI) has announced Cape Verdean artist, lyricist and songwriter Solange Cesarovna and the late German songwriter and producer, Jörg Evers as recipients of the inaugural FTMI Award. The presentation…
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MCNA applauds congressional interest in balancing MLC board of directors

Hundreds of millions in songwriter and composer royalties at stake NEW YORK CITY, OCTOBER 2, 2023: The organizational members of the Music Creators North America (MCNA) alliance, including the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA), the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL), the Alliance for Women Film Composers (AWFC), the Game Audio Network Guild (GANG), Music…
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MCNA submits comments on national priorities for Artificial Intelligence

Request for Information: National Priorities for Artificial Intelligence, US Office of Science and Technology Policy Comments of The Songwriters Guild of America, the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and the Music Creators North America Coalition The Songwriters Guild of America (“SGA”), the Society of Composers & Lyricists (“SCL”), and the Music Creators North America (“MCNA”)…
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Hero of the Song – A songwriter’s perspective on the 2023 Ed Sheeran case

The following article was written by MCNA president Eddie Schwartz , a multi-award winning songwriter and president of the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM). This text originally appeared at www.ciamcreators.org.   “In November of this year, one of CIAM’s sister organizations, Fair Trade Music International (FTMI), will for the first time honor individual music…
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MCNA in Washington to discuss A.I. and the respect of music creator rights

Music Creators North America joined the Songwriters Guild of America and the Society of Composers & Lyricists were on Capitol Hill and at the US Copyright Office over the past two weeks passionately making the point to members of Congress and the Biden Administration that music creators support new technologies such as AI, but need…
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Upcoming Event: Symposium on protecting free speech in the global music landscape

On March 3, 2023, MCNA board member, Charles Sanders, will be co-hosting an important symposium on political violence against music creators. The event is presented by the National Music Council of the United States and the the International Music Council and will be broadcast online. For more details, visit the symposium home page or review…
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Musical culture and economics rest on both speech freedoms and copyright protections

New York, November 19, 2022: With the suppression of artistic freedoms on the rise throughout the world, it remains clear that many governments continue to view the longstanding practice of lashing out against music creators to be an especially effective strategy in discouraging political dissent. That tactic has the dual intentions of silencing those voices…
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