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For leaders looking to make the most of AI while also protecting themselves, these ground rules prove essential but are just a foundation from which to begin. You can’t throw a stone without hitting a news article or op-ed on generative AI (GAI). But what’s really missing from the conversation is not the opportunities or […]

Even while courts and regulators fail to act expeditiously, we as an industry can and should do more, and quickly. In my last piece, I outlined different outside boundaries for how the industry should approach rights management and exploitation with fair compensation in an AI-driven world. Courts and regulators are still racing to catch up, […]

Summary: Advertising supported platforms like YouTube are important to the music eco-system and music rights-holders should be grateful for their consumer reach and investment in label tools like Content ID. However there is a significant gap between what paid music streaming services and free ad-supported services like YouTube, Facebook and TikTok deliver in terms of […]

Need to Know Items This paper includes: We recommend: Background GoDigital Media Group, LLC[1] (GDMG) embraces and uses many technological advances provided by traditional artificial intelligence (AI), as well as generative AI (GAI). But, like many, we have some concerns about GAI. As a somewhat new-to-the masses technology, GAI calls upon a wide variety of […]

Overview Internet Neutrality is the foremost issue facing the media industries. It is also a paramount issue in the economic growth or slide of nations. With the premise of national debt being that countries will inflate the debt away with productivity growth, the right internet regulations are critical to the continued success of every sovereign. […]

Investing in music is a good way to diversify any portfolio because it is possible to get a high return on your investment with relatively low risk. Music is an investment class that is asset secured and produces a long-term predictable income stream like real estate but without the ongoing maintenance, CapEx or taxes. In […]

Report from Juan Garza, GoDigital Media Group’s Research Department As everyone knows, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected a wide swath of the worldwide economy. Most major economic indicators are down, especially here in the US with the largest contraction in employment and GDP since the Great Depression, although stock markets have shown some […]

First off, we love music platforms that offer the world any song, anytime, anywhere. But Spotify’s new Discovery Mode harms artists. On paper, the new algorithm sounds great, but it’s only great for Spotify. Discovery Mode allows the music platform to increase their streams while lowering their payments to labels and artists, thus increasing their […]