A BLOG OF SORTS FROM CHRIS COOKE
Some Updates
Aberdeen Music Week
Looking forward to heading to Aberdeen Music Week this week. The Wednesday sessions are all happening online, with some very interesting discussions planned. There is info on all that and how to sign up here – then I’ll be moderating some conversations in-person on Thursday.
Digital music slide
I was updating one of my music rights slides this week and noticed I still had ‘metaverse’ listed as a category of digital platforms that use music. Which I added back when people were constantly talking about the metaverse. Which no one does anymore. But what to replace it with to avoid having to redesign the boxes on my slide? I went with ‘B2B streaming services’ – they should probably be on there right? Or is there another category of digital platforms I should have added? Do these new fangled AI mash-up services deserve a box?
Today’s AI story
What’s this – another AI story at the top of today’s CMU Daily? Well, yes, because the lawyers at Donald Trump’s Department Of Justice have formally communicated their strong support for OpenAI’s fair use defence in its copyright battle with the New York Times. Because of course they have. Tomorrow I’m going to write about ticketing for a change. Promise. But for now, here’s today’s AI story.
Latest Suno lawsuit
I know if feels like we’re reporting on music industry lawsuits against AI companies every day of the week at the moment – most of which are in the US courts and involve more or less the same arguments – but this one is totally different. Instead of accusing Suno of copyright infringement, it alleges that Suno is violating the publicity rights of musicians by exploiting their names and “identifying attributes”. Read my CMU report here.
Fringe dates debate
Should the Edinburgh Fringe shift itself forward a week next year? And if so, would the Edinburgh International Festival shift too? Or would we end up with a situation like in the 2000s when they had different dates, resulting in a four week Edinburgh Festival? I may have a vested interest here, but I do prefer it when the Edinburgh Festival is a three week event! Anyway, here’s my ThreeWeeks report on the current Fringe dates debate.