The USA's two leading performance rights organisations ASCAP and BMI alongside Canada's SOCAN have adopted policies under which musical compositions partially generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools can now be registered directly with the individual societies. However, musical compositions that are entirely created using AI tools" are not eligible for registration" with any of the individual societies.
The three PROs' registration policies now define a partially AI-generated musical ...

ASCAP Experience, the conference for music creators organised by US performance rights society ASCAP, is back in Los Angeles after a hiatus. The event will take place on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
The one-day summit will include workshops, panels, performances and networking. It is designed "to help aspiring creators achieve their goals and navigate the future of music" and will gather aspiring songwriters and composers together with talent and i...

British neighbouring rights society PPL has appointed Richard James Burgess as its new Chair, succeeding John Smith, effective January 5, 2026.
Burgess served as President and CEO of the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) for the past 10 years and will retire from the New York-based organisation at the end of the year. John Smith steps down from the role after nearly a decade guiding PPL’s strategic direction.

“I am thrilled to be joining PPL and honoured to follow in John Smi...