Damien Riehl is a lawyer, musician and technologist. He talks to us about this project All The Music and we discuss the ‘you copied my song’ lawsuits. What should be copyright protected and how would that effect the legal test for copyright infringement claims? And why do these cases keep coming? http://allthemusic.info/ Producer and co-host: Hayleigh Bosher Co-host: Jules O'Riordan Editor: Eliza Kania

Roxanne de Bastion is a singer, songwriter and performer. She sits on the board of the Featured Artist Coalition and the perfomer board at PPL. In this episode Roxanne talks about her experience of making music and building her careeer, sharing the lessons that she learnt along the way.  https://roxannedebastion.com/  https://thefac.org/ https://www.ppluk.com/  Producer and co-host: Hayleigh Bosher Co-host: Jules O'riordan Editor: Eliza Kania

In this episode I chat to Kevin Brennan MP about the DCMS Select Committe Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming and his Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Bill. We talk about the inquiry, the recommendations made and the Bill, and what all this could mean for songwriters, performers and the future of the music industry. This episode was recorded at an event organised for the British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA) together with Bristows on 9th...

In this final episode of the series, Jules talks about his career as a DJ and music lawyer and the mentality of being an artist/lawyer. Jules talks about how, as a music lawyer, he helps his clients make commercial decisions, clear rights or negotiating deals as well as making a positive influence in the broader sense by moving the goal posts of these contracts. Jules gives some advice to budding music lawyers and explains what he thinks in the most common confusion for artists around copyright.

Musicologist Christian Siddell explains what a musicologist does and how he became one, we also discuss what needs to be added to an out of copyright song in order for it to qualify as a new arrangement and Christian talks about one of the first cases he worked on - about the song Young at Heart recorded by The Bluebells.

Tom Kiehl is Deputy CEO and Director of Public Affairs at UK Music. In this episode Tom tells us what UK Music is about, how to get involved in the politics of the music industry, explains the practicalities of the process of a public consultation, such as the streaming inquiry, and what happened when UK Music took the government took court in Judicial Review in 2014 over the private copying exception. Lastly Tom talks about the impact of Brexit on copyright in the music industry.

Dennis Collopy has been in the music industry for 45 years, from his first contract with David Bowie to being an academic now at the University of Hertfordshire. Dennis talks about his research into illegal stream ripping, the data issues in the music industry, tells us the types of problems that artists and performers have with the admin that allows royalties payments. We then discuss artificial intelligence and some of the key issues for copyright and music, including authorship and...

Imogen Heap is a singer-songwriter and we can certainly also describe her as an entrepreneur and pioneer! In this episode Imogen talks about what drives her in creativity and innovation, and shares with us her latest endevours with blockchain, artificial intelligence, mycelia and The Creative Passport (www.creativepassport.net). 

Munya Chanetsa, A&R Manager for Africa at Sony Music Publishing, chats about the music inudstry in the continent of Africa, the importance for artists and performers to understand their rights, and how COVID has provided time for reflection and engagement with rights. Munya also shares how the injustice of Solomon Linda and his song, Mbube, which transformed into the Lion Sleeps Tonight (best known for featuring Disney's The Lion King) motivated him on his mission to educate the music...

David Martin is CEO of the Featured Artist Coalition (FAC), in this episode we chat about the impact of COVID-19 on artists and the music industry, the streaming inquiry, the need for artists to be more informed and entrepreneurial for a successful career. David also tells us his three wishes for the music industry for 2021...

Bill gives a heartfelt account of his career from private practice, law making, professor, to Senior Copyright Council at Google, and what most people might not know is that Bill is also a life long musician. He gives us insights into the challanges of law making, we talk about the US test for copyright infringement particularly in the cases of Blurred Lines, Stairway To Heaven. Bill explains why he would do away with expert witnesses in copyright infringement cases and shares the one thing...

Annabella Coldrick, CEO of the Music Managers Forum (MMF) talks about the changing artist manager dynamic, then we hear Annabella’s views on the UK music streaming inquiry, we consider where the line is between radio and streaming, and should we decide it from a technical or experiential perspective? Plus, Annabella talks about the need for better transparency and partnership within the music industry, for example in relation to licensing deals with TikTok and Facebook.

Tom Gray talks about creativity and originality in song creation, as well as the #BrokenRecord campaign, the current UK streaming inquiry, equitable remuneration, plus why and how musicians and artists can engage in copyright policy.

Ali Condon, from PRS for Music, explains why copyright is so important for creators, such as songwriters, composers and artists. We talk about originality in music creation, what copyright infringement is and how musicology plays a role in deciding if two songs are substantially similar. Ali shares her experience working with PRS members and engaging in copyright policy, such as the with the EU Copyright Directive. 

Crispin Hunt shares his songwriting stories from Longpigs to “Army of Lovers,” and more recently working with artists including Ellie Goulding, Florence and the Machine, Jake Bugg and Lana Del Ray. We talk about that fine line between taking inspiration and copyright infringement, as well as Crispin's work at the Ivor’s Academy and how he thinks copyright needs to change to benefit creators.