Council of Music Makers

Thank you to the MPs and Lords who joined us for the Council Of Music Makers dinner in Parliament on Monday to discuss key challenges facing music-makers today, including around AI, streaming, touring, commissions and business rates.

The Council Of Music Makers is calling out the music industry as it starts signing major AI deals: now is the moment to genuinely put human creators at the centre of the AI opportunity. Read more at councilmusicmakers.org/nowisthemoment

The UK government has announced a new consultation on copyright and AI. Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4foV55w

We endorse this statement on AI training: "The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted". Full comment below. Sign the statement at aitrainingstatement.org

With a new government and lots of new MPs in Parliament, we've just published 'Unfinished Business', summarising recent music-maker led campaigns, what has been achieved so far, and what we need from the new ministers and MPs to deliver tangible change: bit.ly/3xZ4H7d

The Council Of Music Makers is in Brighton today presenting a day of panels and interviews at The Great Escape - check the schedule here: bit.ly/3QOtiSy

A Transparency Code has been agreed by the UK music industry today. Although the commitments in the code are modest, it provides a framework that can be used to start tackling the "systemic lack of transparency" in music streaming. Read our statement here: bit.ly/3HKCXo0

We have been reading with interest the upbeat new year messages written by the bosses of some of the major music companies. We felt compelled to send our own memo to employees at the majors setting out some ongoing issues + explaining how everyone can help bit.ly/3SeF7m1

The government has convened a roundtable to discuss the impact of AI on the creative industries with all three major record companies represented but nobody to speak for music-makers. Read our open letter on this here: bit.ly/3QPOBlM

As the @IvorsAcademy Global Creators Summit today puts the spotlight on AI in music, CMM has published five fundamentals for ensuring that the development of music AI respects the rights of human creators + truly empowers music-makers + music fans. Info: bit.ly/3PsPnEu

We’re @CogX_Festival today to talk music-makers and AI in suite 222. Come discuss with us.

AI is changing the music industry, so it's important to protect your rights. Send a letter requiring consent to your label or publisher and help ensure you're compensated fairly for your work. Suggested template here: councilmusicmakers.org/ai-letter-for-… #SupportHumanArtistry

There have been some important developments in the ongoing government-led work around the economics of music streaming in the UK - find out more here: bit.ly/3MEXlsZ

There are 5 foundational changes we believe alongside @CounMusicMakers that are necessary to build a more sustainable future for the infrastructure of music streaming... (1/7)

HUGE! @CounMusicMakers⁩ unite on 5 Point Plan of Music Reform 👏✊ Creators are no longer divided (& ruled) Proud @IvorsAcademy⁩ ⁦@MMFUK⁩ ⁦@WeAreTheMU⁩ ⁦@ukMPG⁩ ⁦⁦⁦@FeaturedArtists⁩ Music’s story is not our fate. 👏 musicweek.com/digital/read/c…

Bravo @CounMusicMakers 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 This would be a game changer

The Council of Music Makers, which includes the MU, is calling on the industry to unite to fix streaming. @CounMusicMakers wants to see 5 changes that are fundamental to building a new artist-and-user-centric future 🧵👇

This is a very important development in our journey with UK government to reform the music economy. @FeaturedArtists, @ukMPG, @IvorsAcademy, @WeAreTheMU & @MMFUK with shared asks and a unified perpective on where we stand. #BrokenRecord @CounMusicMakers

The UK Council of Music Makers have a five-point plan to fix streaming, and @UMAW_ has been working hard on very similar goals in the US - points 1 & 2 are the focus of our resolution introduced to congress by @RepRashida, points 4 & 5 are part of our #JusticeAtSpotify demands

We’ve been part of putting together this report for the @CounMusicMakers - pushing for a minimum digital royalty rate for all featured artists is just one of five changes we want to see for streaming