Two recent studies commissioned by rights ognisations — Spain's SGAE and Denmark's KODA (in partnership with IFPI Denmark) — have reached similar conclusions: creators and their societies face significant potential losses as AI-generated content proliferates on music streaming services. Both rights societies call on policy-makers to adopt regulatory mechanisms to safeguard human creation versus content fully generated by AI.
The two reports are localised follow-ups from the 2024 global report on...

The four major performing rights organisations in the United States — ASCAP, BMI, GMR and SESAC — have joined forces to expand Songview into the most comprehensive US public performance copyright data resource.
Initially launched by ASCAP and BMI in December 2020, Songview will incorporate for the first time data from GMR and SESAC, bringing to 38 million the number of musical works licensed by the four major performing rights organisations in the United States. Songview will now offer "the most...

Nicholas Maweni, Chairperson of the Board of the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), South Africa’s leading music rights society, announced that he will be stepping down from his position on 1 October 2025, after close to seven years in the role.
SAMRO said the Board will “initiate the process of filling vacant positions to ensure that the organisation is fully equipped to drive its next chapter of growth.” 
SAMRO said that under Maweni’s leadership, the organisation achieve...