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@X has NEVER  taken out a license for any of the music it used on its platform and now they are trying to take music publishers to Court citing unfair practice!! @MPAIreland fully supports @DavidIsraelite  and our global music publishing colleagues against this facile challenge

Yet another Major sues AI Company... musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-sues-anthr…

IRMA’s @irishcharts warning about AI fakes sends a clear message to politicians that Irish music and economy are worth paying attention to. Read the full article here: musically.com/2026/02/27/ire…

A huge thank you to the team at ICMP (International Confederation of Music Publishers) for their hard work in helping to ensure that music publishers’ voices are heard in the global AI debate!🙌 #Copyright #AI #MusicPublishing

@IMRO_music @thelegalowl @RobertTroyTD @sxsw Great to see Victor & Willie flying the Irish Music flag at this prestigious event👏👏☘️🎶🥳

IMRO CEO Victor Finn & Media Lawyer Willie Ryan (@thelegalowl) met with Minister @RobertTroyTD following his speech at @sxsw The governments AI Strategy should prioritise fairness, transparency& the rights of copyright holders for a strong music and cultural ecosystem

A group of independent artists are suing @Google over its Lyria music AI model, according to reports, it has also trained its AI models on recordings and songs without specific licensing deals in place, just like the AI start-ups...👇 completemusicupdate.com/google-had-eve…

Interesting report on all things AI from @UMPG , the world's largest music company👇 musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-musi…

Promising news: @SonyMusicPub AI's researchers are working on ‘Unlearning’ so they can trace which songs shaped an AI model’s output. More in the article below 👇 musicbusinessworldwide.com/sonys-blueprin…

MPAI is delighted to announce the election of Sarah Liversedge Platz as our new President. Sarah, who has Irish roots, has had a long and distinguished career in music publishing and represents many of Ireland's top songwriters. Please welcome @SarahLiversedge into this role!🥳

Excellent presentation by @IMRO_music Victor Finn & Lisa C to the joint committee on Arts & Culture. Good to see the Government interacting with our industry..☘️🎶🥳

Here is a classic example of what can go wrong if proper legislation in the Generative AI era is not in place. A cautionary tale indeed. Take note👇 completemusicupdate.com/annas-archive-…

Spotify is calling out for metadata transparency, and maybe more transparent reporting on detected/removed activity, stronger enforcement, would help protect legitimate artists & rights-holders?completemusicupdate.com/spotify-sets-o…

We welcome this important step in supporting the Irish songwriting community. Songs are the lifeblood of the music industry and the Ivors Academy will be a most important & welcome addition to our songwriters in Ireland 👏👏☘️🎶

The music industry wants the EU’s Digital Fairness Act to add enforceable rules to stop misleading ticket sales 👇 completemusicupdate.com/eus-digital-fa…

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Happy Holidays to all MPAI members! We wish you a joyful season and a happy and prosperous New Year. Our office will be closed until January 5th - see you soon!

@the_MPA Congratulations to our UK colleagues @the_MPA on another successful Christmas lunch…. Trust the balloons didn’t go up to early..!…👏👏☘️🎶

🪩 What a day! Swipe through for a glimpse into this year’s MPA Christmas Lunch! Thank you to all our members, sponsors, and guests who attended, congratulations again to our award winners, and stay tuned for some more disco dancefloor snaps! 📸

The @_ICMP has launched the ICMP Anti-Piracy Platform (APP) in partnership with piracy tracking startup @musodotcom ! More details below 👇 musicbusinessworldwide.com/icmp-to-launch…

My piece in @heraldscotland takes apart @BBCRadioScot leadership’s questionable replies to MSP concerns about the axing of all 4 late-night music shows. If this stands, our next wave of musicians will pay the price. Please share - people should know. shorturl.at/pjCBs

Some progressive indie labels set to give songwriters master points 👇 musicbusinessworldwide.com/milk-honey-lau…