Aug 29, 2023 19 min read

Setlist Podcast: YouTube's three principles for music and AI

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss YouTube’s new AI music principles and questions raised about BMI’s decision to become a for-profit enterprise

Setlist Podcast: YouTube's three principles for music and AI

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including YouTube’s three new AI music principles published alongside the launch of a new YouTube Music AI Incubator, plus questions from various songwriter groups to the boss of American collecting society BMI about the organisation’s decision last year to become a for-profit enterprise.

Stories discussed this week

YouTube sets out three principles for the development of AI music
YouTube and UMG team up to unleash AI, with Lucian Grainge saying there’s a “promising upside” but music industry needs to set “rules of the road” which include “responsibly embracing” AI and “appropriate protections”.
Songwriter groups demand information about a newly for-profit BMI’s plans and possible sale
Various groups representing songwriters in the US have written to the boss of American collecting society BMI asking a number of questions about the organisation’s decision last year to become a for-profit enterprise, as well as recent reports that it is again considering selling itself, possibly to…
BMI reportedly considering acquisition offer from New Mountain Capital
Various groups representing songwriters in the US have written to the boss of American collecting society BMI asking a number of questions about the organisation’s decision last year to become a for-profit enterprise, as well as recent reports that it is again considering selling itself, possibly to…
Sheffield City Council says it “cannot directly intervene” in ongoing Leadmill dispute
The leader of Sheffield City Council has said that, while he understands the “the strength of feeling” among supporters of the city’s Leadmill venue, he “cannot directly intervene in the legal process taking place between The Leadmill’s landlord and tenant”. Council leader Tom Hunt issued his stat…

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