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Stanley C.'s avatar

I wonder if the 10-15 conferences are all connected? (aka are the same people at each conference) I imagine this will also help the visa situation for touring musicians. I know that's been a big issue since Brexit for UK artists touring in the EU. Overall, I hope there are some substantive guardrails for AI's place in the music ecosystem. Keep us posted! :D If there are any pie graphs that show the stakeholder's positions and where they overlap over the next few months, that would be great to see as well. :)

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Virgo Sillamaa's avatar

I feel out of my depth with regards to following and commenting on the AI developments with any substance. The fight in Europe for regulation is real, but rights holders, I think, hold the weaker end of the argument in a world where Europe wants to get into the tech race.

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Virgo Sillamaa's avatar

Thanks for the comment Stanley, the music conference scene in Europe is busy and does see a lot of the same crowd meeting up in many places. The organisation of each is, naturally, independent and I don’t see an easy fix how they could start to coordinate strategically for keeping dialogues developing over the long-term. This requires different kind of people working in settings geared for such long-term work, like research centres, think tanks, unis, etc. Very little cooperation on that front as far as I can see. One is how ESNS in Groningen has been programming ESNS science panel series with Erasmus University Rotterdam. A good start.

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