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The PROs Say Yes to AI Music. Should You?

Dave Kropf Season 2025 Episode 43

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In this episode, I unpack what ASCAP, BMI, and SOCAN’s new policy on partially AI-generated works means for production music composers. We’ll talk about where the line is between using AI as a creative assistant and letting it compose for you, what this shift means for publishers and libraries, and whether the “stink of AI” will ever really go away.

Plus we take a listen to a brooding intrigue cue, "Crisis Me a River."

Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/pIELNVxo73Q

https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/ascap-bmi-and-socan-announce-alignment-on-ai-registration-policies

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ascap-bmi-and-socan-will-now-accept-registrations-of-partially-ai-generated-musical-works/ 

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/can-ai-generated-content-be-copyrighted-heres-what-a-new-report-from-the-us-copyright-office-says1/

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/germanys-gema-launches-ai-charter-laying-out-legal-and-ethical-principles-for-artificial-intelligence-in-music/ 

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