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Warner and Universal signed AI licensing deals with Suno and Udio 11 weeks ago. In that time, I’ve watched independent artists split into three camps: those panicking, those ignoring it completely, and those trying to figure out how to compete. We…
During the last 30 years of managing artists, I’ve lost count of the number of publishing contracts I’ve reviewed. The times might change but the patterns throughout them have all remained remarkably consistent: 70-80% contain at least one clause that costs…
In 1998, a 19-year-old guitarist from Manchester walked into our office where I was working holding a signed recording contract and a pint glass he’d forgotten to return to the pub. The contract had a personal guarantee clause on page 23….
Here’s what I keep wondering: if AI companies trained their models on copyrighted music without permission, and those models are now commercially available, why aren’t we seeing mass litigation? We manage artists across multiple genres globally, and every one of them…
Last week, I had to tell a producer I’ve managed for eight years that the £12,000 sync deal he’d spent three months negotiating had collapsed. The reason? The melody in his track, the one that got him the deal in the…
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