U.S. Copyright Office panel report: “The awesome soft-power of American music”
On April 29, 2025, MCNA co-chair Ashley Irwin and board member Charles J. Sanders traveled to Washington DC to join a World IP Day panel…
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An important heads-up for all composers and songwriters regarding Gen AI “training”
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
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
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
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
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…
> Read MoreFair Trade Music releases songwriters’ guide to the MLC unmatched royalties issue
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
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
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
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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