The Artist Rights Institute podcast covers current issues of artists’ rights in the music industry.
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S5E5: Artist Rights Symposium 10/19/26 in Athens GA: The Fake AI Opt In "License"
AI licensing deals promise opportunity, but what happens when artists refuse? Deceptive opt-in provisions may compromise copyright, voice, likeness, and biometric rights. Join us October 19 at the University of Georgia for Artist Rights Symposium V, where our panel exposes the hidden risks of AI licenses and defends meaningful consent.
26 Sept 2026
S5E4: Symposium Preview with Panelist Gwen Seale: Should Streaming Mechanicals be a Flat Rate?
Chris Castle and Panelist Gwen Seale, Esq. give an overview of Artist Rights Symposium 5's panel "The 39 Steps: Is it Time to Scrap the Section 115 Streaming Mechanical Formula". For 20 years, songwriters have had to suffer an overly complicated formula for streaming mechanical royalties instead of a fixed penny rate with a cost-of-living adjustment. Music attorney Gwen Seale represents publishers before the rate-setting Copyright Royalty Board and gives background on the panel which will be moderated by David Lowery and includes Tim Kappel of Wells Kappel and Shannon Sorensen of NMPA.
The Artist Rights Institute's Artist Rights Symposium returns to Athens, Georgia, on October 19, bringing together artists, lawyers, policymakers, academics and industry experts to examine public-policy issues affecting music creators.
Presented by the Artist Rights Institute and the University of Georgia Music Business Certificate Program at Terry College and the School of Public and International Affairs.
Learn more and see the full symposium program at https://www.artistrightsinstitute.org/symposium-2026.
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17 Sept 2026
S5E3 Come to the Artist Rights Symposium 5 on October 19
Previewing Artist Rights Symposium V: music policy, AI, ticketing, royalties, data centers, and artist rights.
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