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Fair Music Project – Legal Research
The creation of a platform naturally requires a strong attention to all legal aspects. This requires highly specialized expertise that cannot be provided by the partnership. For this reason, the project team worked in the past months with a team of legal experts coordinated by Thibault Verbiest, a senior legal expert with a profound insight into internet, AI, blockchain, fintech, cryptofinance, digital banking, e-commerce, cybersecurity and personal data protection laws and regulations, to research all the legal requirements and pitfalls associated with creating a new streaming service: licensing requirements, copyright, agreements with performing rights organisations, compliance issues, blanket licences, etc. The research will serve, along with the results of a large stakeholder consultation conducted in 2024, to pave the foundations
Fair Music Project roundtable
13 November 2024 These rountables* are co-organized by the International Music Council and the three French national music composers organizations (SNAC, U2C, UNAC) in the framework of the Fair Music Project and the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance General Assembly. Fair Music Project Organized as part of the Fair Music Project—a European Commission-funded initiative within the Creative Europe program—this discussion will explore the evolving practices, technologies, and frameworks shaping the music industry in the Web 3.0 era. We will address the complexities and challenges brought by new technologies and their impact on fairness and transparency, examining opportunities and risks, including those posed by AI, to foster a more equitable ecosystem for creators, performers, and cultural stakeholders. This roundtable will be
Fair Music® Project: Towards a more equitable music ecosystem
The International Music Council (IMC) along with partners New Internet Media and SKAP – Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, officially launch the Fair Music Project. The functioning of music streaming needs to be reimagined and this has been known, at least for those navigating the ecosystem, since more than a decade. Still, despite a great number of initiatives, technologies, protests, reports from both civil society organisations and government bodies, being visible and making even the smallest amount of money on the most common streaming platforms remains quite challenging, especially for emerging artists. For this very reason, the need for a common solution is more urgent than ever. The Fair Music Project is the result of many years of
