Association Of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP)’s Post

Great news for songwriters today! https://lnkd.in/ejFyZsY4

The White House announced that it will hold the first-ever White House Creator Economy Conference (WHCEC) on August 14, 2024. According to the press release, the conference will “convene a group of digital creators and industry professionals to discuss the most pressing issues within the creator economy today — including privacy, fair pay, AI, mental health, and more.” You can apply to attend and to submit a question at the link below.

Happy 75th birthday to TRO Essex Music Group! Congrats to Kathryn Ostien and the entire team on their continued independent excellence! https://lnkd.in/eQT3q6Ty

At last week's National Music Publishers' Association annual meeting in New York, David Israelite gave a great lesson in the past, present, and future of Spotify's antagonistic relationship with music publishers and songwriters. An excellent overview of where things stand and the NMPA's current actions to protect our rights. https://lnkd.in/eaqKCV7i

ICYMI with all that was going on last week: https://lnkd.in/g__BMZWZ

Sign up for the June 20 "Smartest Person in the Room" - a Concord Music double-header of NY Board member Brooke Primont with Victor Zaraya

The GMPS lived up to the “global” in its name with the next panel, “Opportunities Abroad: Maximizing Overseas Collections.” Moderator Michael Simon (AIMP NY Board Member; President and CEO, HFA; President, Rumblefish) led panelists Alexander Wolf (President, SESAC International), David Alexander (Founder, MusicIndustry.Africa and AIMP Atlanta Board Member), Mark Chung (Managing Director of Freibank Music Publishing and IMPF Board Member) and Tomas Ericsson (CEO, AMRA) through a far-ranging conversation that covered everything from the need for local sub-publishers in unfamiliar territories to the differences between Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia. They also discussed data registration, management, and clean up across borders and the level of technical sophistication required for U.S. music publishers to engage with sub-publishers internationally.

PROs and CMOs then took center stage for “Navigating the New Harmonies: Evolution of Performance Rights Organizations” with panelists Alison Smith (Executive Vice President Distribution, Publisher Relations and Administration Services, BMI), Andrea C. Martin, ICD.D (CEO, PRS for Music), Jennifer Brown (CEO, SOCAN), Nicholas Lehman (Chief Strategy & Digital Officer, ASCAP), Scott Jungmichel (President & COO, SESAC) and moderator Joanne Kelsey (AIMP NY Board Member; VP, Royalties and Administration, Anthem Entertainment). They explained how they have collaborated with each other and areas where they see future collaboration as a possibility, the need for transparency and how they work to ensure it, how they allow for their members to hold them accountable, and new initiatives such as PRS for Music’s Project Nexus, which would provide provisional ISWC codes for recordings in collaboration with CISAC.

To kick off the afternoon sessions, Chris Barkley (Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, NMPA), Clara Kim (Chief Legal and Business Affairs Officer, ASCAP), Morna Willens (Chief Policy Officer, RIAA), and moderator Amber C. (AIMP NY Board Member; Senior Director of Legal and Business Affairs, Downtown Music Holdings) delivered the “Washington, D.C. Update.” Together, they discussed upcoming and proposed legislation affecting the music publishing community, including several proposals to establish a federal right of publicity in light of the rise of generative AI, the NMPA’s proposal to allow rights-holders to opt out of compulsory licensing, and more.