Music Creators North America

12/10/2025

Music Creators North America (MCNA) has been joined by 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 been disclosed on how these agreements could impact the ingestion of copyrighted works by large language models or affect the fair remuneration of creators upon whose work the GenAI industry is being built. Transparency is the fundamental first step towards an equitable solution of this complex challenge.

Music Creators North America (MCNA) has been joined by songwriter and composer groups around the world in calling for transparency on the deals being announced between major labels and Generative AI corporations.

11/16/2025

Many thanks to Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update and to Dylan Smith at Digital Music News for covering our statement this week.

This week’s statement from the Music Creators North America coalition demanding greater protections of music creator rights in GenAI settlements and licensing agreements is the lead story on the excellent Complete Music Update news service.

11/13/2025

From our statement released today:

"MCNA believes that the achievement of a sustainable future for music creators and artists in the era of GenAI requires several immediate actions to establish standards and safeguards, including imposition of mandatory transparency, disclosure and record-keeping regulations concerning GenAI uses."

Statement of The Music Creators North America (MCNA) Coalition Demanding Greater Protections of Music Creator Rights in GenAI Settlements and Licensing Agreements New York. November 13, 2025–The Music Creators North America (MCNA) coalition serves as the collective voice of the independent music c...

06/10/2025

https://www.musiccreatorsna.org/indie-music-creators-demand-fairness-in-genai-negotiations/

Music week in NYC kicks off with a bang. The Songwriters Guild of America, the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and Music Creators North America (led respectively by music creators Rick Carnes, Ashley Irwin and Eddie Schwartz), have released a statement kicking off Music Week in New York asserting....

04/10/2024

12/23/2023

10/02/2023

"We are working with members of Congress to help them to accomplish what we believe has always been their goal: to ensure the highest possible level of fairness in this process for the individual creators and small businesses that are the bedrock of American musical culture and commerce."

Hundreds of millions in songwriter and composer royalties at stake NEW YORK CITY, OCTOBER 2, 2023: The organizational members of the Music Creators North America (MCNA) alliance, including the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA), the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL), the Alliance for Women Film...

09/27/2023

The Protect Working Musicians Act of 2023 was recently introduced by Congresswoman Deborah Ross and could change the future of musicians just like me. I’m joining The Society of Composers & Lyricists, Songwriters Guild of America, and Music Creators North America in applauding her for fighting for musicians!

07/20/2023

03/02/2023

Tomorrow at 9:00am EST. Don’t miss it!

On March 3, 2023, MCNA board member, Charles Sanders, will be co-hosting an important symposium on political violence against music creators. The event is presented by the National Music Council of the United States and the The International Music Council and will be broadcast online.

02/24/2023

On March 3, 2023, MCNA board member, Charles Sanders, will be co-hosting an important symposium on political violence against music creators. The event is presented by the National Music Council of the United States and the The International Music Council and will be broadcast online.

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On March 3, 2023, MCNA board member, Charles Sanders, will be co-hosting an important symposium on political violence against music creators. The event is presented by the National Music Council of the United States and the The International Music Council and will be broadcast online.

02/02/2023

Last year, the UK government approved a text and data mining exemption on the use of copyrighted works “for all purposes” including commercial applications. Rights holders were not able to opt-out of the exception and it gave a green light for digital developers and AI platforms to learn from creators’ works without the need for a license.

Yesterday however, member of parliament Sarah Olney led a successful debate on this issue that persuaded the UK government to change its decision. The result is that these plans will be "halted, pending further consultation”.

Music Creators North America are proud to support this movement in favour of music creators. There's much more to come on this crucial story and the future of AI in the creative industry.

“1/ The Government's 'text and data mining' exception to UK copyright law would have left those in creative industries without legal control over their work, should it have been used by an AI platform. I therefore held a debate today to highlight the importance of this issue.”