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World’s music creators unite in call for major label GenAI deal transparency

10 Dec 2025

Fair Trade Music International has joined Music Creators North America and other songwriter and composer groups around the world in calling for transparency on the deals being announced between major labels and Generative AI corporations. To date, no detail has…

FTMI to feature guest articles on new, fair-trade initiatives

30 Jun 2025

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Perhaps you don’t need to go viral to go direct? All over the world today, music creators are finding it increasingly difficult to earn an equitable livelihood from the use of their work. Whilst the cost of living continues to…

Portuguese translation of FTMI Generative AI white paper now available

21 Jan 2025

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A Portuguese language translation of the Gen AI white paper written by Prof. Daniel J. Gervais and published by FTMI together with CIAM, is now available to download . Titled “The Remuneration of Music Creators for the Use of Their…

Op-ed: What could the Bern Convention’s “Three-Step Test” mean for GenAI music?

15 Jan 2025

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The three-step test is an important legal doctrine established in 1967 under the Bern Convention. It helps the 181 parties to this treaty to standardise any copyright limitations or exceptions that they wish to add to their respective national copyright…

FTMI Generative AI white paper now available in Spanish

13 Jan 2025

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A Spanish language translation of the Gen AI white paper written by Prof. Daniel J. Gervais and published by FTMI together with CIAM, is now available to download . Titled “The Remuneration of Music Creators for the Use of Their…

Op-ed: My favourite album now costs me half a penny and that’s a problem

07 Jan 2025

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Like many music lovers, I also enjoy learning about the equipment we use to listen to it. John Darko is perhaps my favourite voice in this space and regularly produces excellent opinion pieces. Below, he works out the cost of…

FTMI Generative AI white paper and campaign notes now available in French language

09 Dec 2024

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The Gen AI white paper written by Prof. Daniel J. Gervais and published by FTMI together with CIAM, is now available to download in French language translation. Titled “The Remuneration of Music Creators for the Use of Their Works by…

“Taylor’s Guitar”: An essay on creative freedom by Charles Sanders

25 Oct 2024

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Advisory board member, Charlie Sanders, recently published a guest post on the Trichordist website regarding the freedom to create and the lessons we can draw from history. The text is reproduced below with Charlie’s kind permission. Recently, a viral video…

FTMI partner announces new collaboration with the African Music Library

05 Oct 2024

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The African Music Academy (AMA) has announced new partnership with the African Music Library (AML). This data-based documentation and preservation organisation aims to work with music makers, engineers, historians and anthropologist to document all music made in Africa. This objective…

In the press: “New generative AI remuneration right for creators proposed”

17 Sep 2024

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From Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update: IP expert Daniel Gervais has proposed reforming copyright law to add a new remuneration right for creators whose work is used to train generative AI models. He says it would strange for copyright…

Fair Trade Music

World’s music creators unite in call for major label GenAI deal transparency

FTMI to feature guest articles on new, fair-trade initiatives

Portuguese translation of FTMI Generative AI white paper now available

Op-ed: What could the Bern Convention’s “Three-Step Test” mean for GenAI music?

FTMI Generative AI white paper now available in Spanish

Op-ed: My favourite album now costs me half a penny and that’s a problem

FTMI Generative AI white paper and campaign notes now available in French language

“Taylor’s Guitar”: An essay on creative freedom by Charles Sanders

FTMI partner announces new collaboration with the African Music Library

In the press: “New generative AI remuneration right for creators proposed”

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