India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has outlined a proposal for a compulsory blanket license in order to allow artificial intelligence companies to access copyright-protected content to train their AI model.
The proposal was made in the Working Paper on Generative AI and Copyright titled 'One Nation, One License, One Payment -- Balancing AI Innovation and Copyright'. The system would provide "a balanced legal framework" that would ensure "fair compensation to...

The Boards of Directors of French neighbouring rights societies ADAMI and SCPP have approved the creation of a joint tool for data referencing and royalties' distribution. The shared tool will allow the two organisations to have different distribution rules specific to their members, while sharing the same infrastucture.
ADAMI, which represents music and audiovisual performers, and SCPP, which counts over 5,000 labels and producers of sound recording as members, including the three majors, anno...

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has launched ISWC IPI Context Search, a new API service designed to help music publishers quickly and accurately identify creator Interested Party Information (IPI) numbers.
IPI's are the globally unique identification of a natural person or legal entity with an interest in an artistic work across all categories of works, including composers, arrangers, and publishers. The IP Base Number is a unique identifier allocate...