notes

common lexicon

• what should we get from a common lexicon
• reuse metadata
• distributor messes up something → one place to fix

metadata shape

• western pop music, not classical metadata
• classical music has more metadata
• ID3 tags → extra fields

scope

• indexing all audio is very different from enforcing royalties downstream

catalogue server / infrastructure

• tom: centralized (stripe) for simplicity
• catalogue server hosts keys, publishes public keys
• permissioned data should solve this ^
• bandcamp royalties → self-report to PRO?

expressiveness vs portability

• expressiveness vs portability
• what is the minimal set of common fields??
• alex: perf is important!! (streaming latency, not performance royalties)
• "catalogue.xyz" could be the owner of a permissioned space that is a purpose-built PDS to stream audio at high perf
• catalogue → where you upload, licensing, encrypt etc

DRM analogue

• apple fairplay → content decryption module
• API → decrypted data

interlude

• all trying to do the same thing → our lifetime

listener / spotify

• alex: listener is the artist too (curation angle — playlist curators as artists; unclear if extends to remixing)
• spotify → licensing → legal

moderation

• moderation → hosting vs indexing → takedowns etc
• ToS: use in models, generative use, royalties
• fingerprinting → content ID

royalties / publishing

• performing royalty collection → complicates things
• ASCAP?
• ISRC codes → ??
• 3rd party publisher, BMI? as independent artist, writing and recording
• publishing might be separate in some cases

alex: 2 modes

• songwriter → managed by agency who manages relations
• band → defer to platforms distributions (symphonic → labelworks)

@emotionengine.rip

• manage legal stuff in the same place, independent of platform