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The Ivors Academy Summit is about giving songwriters and composers the knowledge and options to make the right choices for their careers. Our speakers are leaders in music rights, tech, wellbeing and creator advocacy. From royalties and rights to AI and mental health, we’re

Turns out the right wing hysteria about VAT on private schools was… right wing hysteria.

I got another reply from the UK's Department of Culture, Media & Sport about the government's AI & copyright proposal. It's hard not to conclude that (i) the government is determined to change the law to benefit AI companies and (ii) the people in government meant to represent &

🎵 Attention Songwriters, Composers, and Publishers! 🎵 The PRS for Music Members’ Council elections are here, and your vote matters! Eligible members, check your inbox for an email from our Chair, Julian Nott, with voting details. This year’s candidates are exceptional, and

AI boosters justify training on other people’s work by calling it ‘open culture’. But open culture is people *voluntarily* contributing to the commons. It involves consent. Training AI on other people’s work isn’t open culture. It’s theft.

Hey PRS for Music Voting members. Please vote in our Members’ Council Elections b4 the May 6th deadline. Your mandate gives our Society legitimacy to advocate for our Rights, our Value, & our Values. So many great publisher & writer candidates. prsformusic.com/about-us/gover…

It’s more & more common in Silicon Valley to admit the aim is not just to automate some jobs - it’s to automate all of them. Whatever you think of AI’s capabilities, it’s worth asking whether we’re happy with so much capital going towards this goal. My piece in the Guardian

Please watch Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday. A perfect summary of the theft at the heart of AI training, and the importance of commonsense legislation that holds AI companies to account. To pull out two passages in particular: "The language of AI -

Reminder that the UK’s House of Lords has twice proposed legislation that would make AI companies disclose their training data, and the The Labour Party government has twice rejected it. Can’t think why theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

We are extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Lorna Clarke and Stephanie Haughton-Campbell as new members of the Help Musicians Board. We look forward to working together to support even more musicians across the UK. Read more here: helpmusicians.org.uk/about-us/news/…

Last week, Wolf Alice co-founder & FAC Director, Joff Oddie, alongside our CEO gave evidence in Parliament on the cost of touring crisis facing artists. NME covered the discussion, and highlighted Joff’s impassioned stand on behalf of artists.

I went on LBC to talk about the fight over AI & copyright in the UK. Here's my quick explanation of why creators like Sir Elton John are so angry with the government. Listen in full from 1:24:00 here: globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/uk…

Amazing day The Ivors Academy Summit yesterday. Such wonderful advice, humanity & essential info from across the business to help creators navigate the complexity of the current Music environment. Proud PRS for Music supports our partners to empower Music’s future.

UK Music and MusicforDementia 's #PowerOfMusic report outlines how music can be used to help improve the nation’s health and wellbeing. Find out more here: ow.ly/VBGZ50NJcL6

Go backstage at This Ivors tomorrow from 4pm BST. Amazon Music UK will be livestreaming from behind-the-scenes from Grosvenor House London on 22 May as we celebrate the 70th edition of the world’s most prestigious awards for songwriters and screen composers. Catch live

The Ivors honours Charli XCX, Berwyn, Robbie Williams, Lola Young, Self Esteem, U2 and Myles Smith musicweek.com/publishing/rea…

Yesterday, Adam, Larry, The Edge and Bono were inducted into The Fellowship of The Ivors Academy 🏆 Watch their acceptance speeches from The Ivors 2025. #TheIvors #IvorNovelloAwards #IvorsAcademy #U2 U2

Do you agree with @‌bobandroberta? Sign our open letter to the Secretary of State for Education ➡️ tinyurl.com/MakeSpaceForTh…

Last week, we hosted the inaugural Ivors Academy Summit, our new flagship event bringing together hundreds of songwriters, composers and industry professionals for a day of empowering conversations and essential advice on the business of making music. This marked the launch of

“Every child has an innate feel for art and any curriculum should celebrate and enhance this.” Chris Riddell OBE Sign our open letter to the Secretary of State for Education ➡️ tinyurl.com/MakeSpaceForTh… @‌chrisriddell50