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An important heads-up for all composers and songwriters regarding Gen AI “training”

Apr 22, 2025

This is an important heads-up for all composers and songwriters regarding the licensing of your musical compositions to “train” Gen AI It has recently come…

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MCNA heads to Washington to campaign for protection of music creator rights against GenAI

Oct 11, 2024

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Representatives of Music Creators North America, the Songwriters Guild of America and the Society of Composers & Lyricists, were out in force this week in…

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New remuneration right could solve legal and ethical challenges of generative AI for music creators

Sep 12, 2024

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Legal analysis white paper, authored by Prof. Daniel Gervais and released by FTMI, now available to download as an eBook 12 September 2024 – Toronto:…

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MCNA applauds congressional interest in balancing MLC board of directors

Oct 2, 2023

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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…

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Musical culture and economics rest on both speech freedoms and copyright protections

Nov 19, 2022

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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…

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Fair Trade Music releases songwriters’ guide to the MLC unmatched royalties issue

Nov 7, 2022

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Fair Trade Music International has released an educational video to help music creators understand and address the MLC unmatched royalty issue. In this two-minute animation,…

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Mechanical royalties: Footnote to a historic achievement

May 11, 2022

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Our international partner, the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) has released a summary of the recent achievements regarding the US Copyright Royalty Board and…

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Independent music creator groups will again speak out on new CRB Phonorecords IV royalty proposal

May 4, 2022

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SGA, SCL & MCNA to review the new mechanical royalty rate settlement of the major labels and publishers, seeking to ensure that the music creator…

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Tremendous victory for music creators as U.S. frozen mechanical rates are rejected

Mar 30, 2022

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Music Creators North America is delighted and proud to report that the US Copyright Royalty Board has rejected the proposal by corporate giants in the…

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Copyright Office issues final rule for initiating Copyright Claims Board proceedings and related procedures

Mar 25, 2022

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Music Creators North America, together with the Songwriters Guild of America, the Society of Composers & Lyricists, the National Music Council of the United States…

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