IFPI

The IFPI Global Music Report 2024, the definitive guide to the global recorded music industry, is out now. Find out how the partnership between record company and artist continues to define and shape music in all its extraordinary forms around the world. https://lnkd.in/dAZXk5jU

“How AI is ultimately used by the music industry will be led and defined by artists who want to lean in, be experimental and find ways to engage with their fans in new and different ways.” - Dennis Kooker, President, Global Digital Business. Sony Music Entertainment Metallic Spheres In Colour is a first of its kind, artist-led commercial generative AI project inspired by the music and artwork of David Gilmour and The Orb’s collaborative album release of the same name. Find out how Sony Music facilitated these innovative artists’ cutting-edge vision in an exclusive Global Music Report case study - https://lnkd.in/dAZXk5jU

Domino Recording Company and Sentric join RDx to improve performance rights data supply chain and speed up distribution of royalties.     Built and operated by PPL, RDx launched in October 2020 as a music data exchange service from IFPI representing the recording industry worldwide and WIN Worldwide Independent Network, working on behalf of the global independent community. RDx enables record companies and Music Licensing Companies (MLCs), to submit and access authoritative recording data via a single point.    Alongside Domino and Sentric Music, many leading record companies, including Beggars Group, BMG, Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group have already joined RDx, and over 4.6m registrations of repertoire data have already been processed by the platform.   Find out more below: https://lnkd.in/gQGcW8zG

Thank you to all who joined us for our Performance Rights Committee meeting in London this week. Over 150 representatives from music licensing companies from around the world - licensing record companies’ and performers’ performance rights worldwide - gathered in London to share best practices and strategies to ensure that those who produce and perform music used for public performance and broadcast are fairly rewarded for their work.

Congratulations to IFPI's interim joint heads John Nolan (Chief Financial Officer) and Lauri Rechardt (Chief Legal Officer) who have both been honoured in the Billboard Power Players List 2024 - see the full list here - https://lnkd.in/ettnS54r

Today is #WorldIPDay, and this year the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO is celebrating the role of intellectual property in connecting the dots with sustainable development goals, encouraging and supporting the innovation and creativity we need to build a better future for everyone. Find out more http://wipo.int/ipday

I wore 2 hats yesterday… speaking at the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO conference in Geneva as part of the IFPI panel discussion on the current landscape for the global recording industry. For context, I am the UK main board member for IFPI in my capacity as Chair of BPI (British Phonographic Industry). I then literally walked off the panel and straight on to the stage within 30 secs to perform a special set with my band to the delegates from around the world. What a celebration… loved every moment. My worlds collide often and I feel blessed to have such a unique and eclectic lived experience that offers a different perspective around the board table or in other forums I find myself. It does also mean my band perform in the most unique spaces from jazz clubs to schools, arenas to aeroplanes, law firms to conferences around the world… no 2 gigs are the same! So whatever hats you wear, please remember that you don’t have to hide them or take them off, it’s ok to wear them at the same time. You are you! Continue to bring you! You can only be you… 📸 Ashley Sealy

IFPI has today announced the appointment of Victoria Oakley (née Dean) as its new Chief Executive Officer

Action by IFPI and Music Canada has resulted in a group of prominent Canada-based streaming manipulation sites being taken offline

"Music industry groups have welcomed the European Parliament’s passing of the Western world’s first comprehensive regulations on the development and use of AI" - via Music Business Worldwide (MBW)