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#MoodMusic Monday! UT075_LONGING HEARTS. Slow and Soulful Piano, Guitar and Violin pieces perfect for Emotional and/or Romantic scenes of all types and on any platform.. #UthohtProductionLibrary

Songwriter royalty rate for streaming in the US will increase starting today, January 1, 2025. Will increase every year through 2027.

As an artist, if your manager goes with everything you say 100% of the time then you don’t have a manager, you have a stuur boy (errand boy). If your manager openly challenges some of your creative ideas and plays devil’s advocate at least 50-90% of the time, then you have a

YouTube pays $12b via Content ID, boosts music monetisation musicinafrica.net/magazine/youtu…

Africa’s streaming scene is booming, with 560+ platforms now available across the continent. 📈 But did you know that 97% of content is still foreign? Africa is telling its stories — but there's room for more. The future of streaming is bold, diverse, and increasingly African.

#SundayWorldZA | ‘Samro funded director Sibongile Vilakazi’s book launch’ 📰 Story publishing at 18:00.

🎵 EVERYTHING ISRC CODE! 🔍 How do I Apply For RiSA Membership & ISRC Code?🌍 🔗 Learn more: risa.org.za/website/isrc/ #ISRC #MusicRights #OwnYourSound #RiSA #SAArtists #DigitalMusic #TrackAndProtect #SouthAfricanMusic #ISRCCode #MusicRoyalties #SupportLocalMusic

REMINDER: SAMRO EGM This is a reminder that the postponed Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of 10 July 2025 will continue via Zoom on Friday, 29 August 2025 at 10:00 to conclude all outstanding matters. In addition, please be reminded that a further Extraordinary General

COO Mpho Mofikoe suspension won't be lifted, Samro tells CCMA sundayworld.co.za/news/coo-mpho-…

Who owns the copyright to #AI-generated works? Find out the answer in our FAQ on artificial intelligence and #copyright.copyrightalliance.org/faqs/artificia…

If your album marketing plan is a series of "out now" posts on social media, you don't have a marketing plan.

🎶 Artists & labels, here’s the plug: You can get your ISRC code without being a RiSA member 👌 Secure your code & own your sound today! 👉 Apply now: risa.org.za/memberships/co… #MusicRights #ISRC #OwnYourMusic #RiSA

JUST IN: Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement. That’s at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. wired.com/story/anthropi…

“The largest intellectual property theft in human history”: Big tech companies accused of scraping millions of copyrighted songs to train AI models. "Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Llama 3 LLM... has, apparently, been trained on copy-protected music and lyrics by Lorde, Ed Sheeran,

A 2023 study shows one song can earn from streams, shows, licensing & merch. Musicians who tap all these boost income & career control. —WIPO, 2023

Also check out Part III where the Office argues that AI training often requires a license! Big tech companies and extractive AI firms did not like that one bit! copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-a…