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In 2008, songwriter Maria Schneider signed an administration agreement (AA) that gave the administrator ArtistShare Music Publishing (AMP) the exclusive right to administer her musical compositions, including “to execute” in Schneider’s “name any licenses and agreements affecting the Compositions.” The AA further stated AMP “must notify you [i.e., Schneider] and obtain your prior written approval for any license we grant on your behalf.” After AMP assigned “all its duties” under the AA to its affiliated company Modern Works Music Publishing (MWP), MWP in 2014 entered into a blanket publishing licensing agreement (PLA) that gave YouTube the right to use Schneider’s compositions.
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By Stan Soocher
To the public, a band typically is defined as its performing members, not a business entity that may control the music group. But when it comes to royalty rights, are the performers or the business entity entitled to “featured artist” statutory royalties from digital transmissions of the band’s sound recordings?
Major Labels File Lawsuits Over AI Companies’ Alleged Copying of ‘World’s Most Popular’ Recordings
By Jane Wester
Major record labels including Capitol Records and Sony Music Entertainment sued two music-focused generative artificial intelligence companies, accusing them of “willful copyright infringement on an almost unimaginable scale.”
Hope for ‘Spotify Model’ for Licensing Content for AI
By Mason Lawlor
A “Spotify model” of licensing, regulation and royalties could be the answer to the recent slew of lawsuits and future litigation relating to generative artificial intelligence defined by rampant misappropriation of name, image and likeness of individuals, including high-profile celebrities.
By Entertainment Law & Finance Staff
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.