Come and learn about Open Music’s work with MIT Connection Science at their Imagination in Action tent at the World Economic Forum at Davos. Alongside MIT’s Alex Pentland and Thomas Hardjono, and MIT Connection Science Fellow Induprakas Keri, Open Music’s Nicole d’Avis will share a demo and discuss how open protocols will improve the transparency, performance, and accountability of the music industry.

The U.S. Copyright Office is undertaking a public study to determine the best practices that the Mechanical Licensing Collective may implement to effectively identify copyright owners and unclaimed royalties of musical works while encouraging copyright owners to claim royalties and ultimately reduce the occurrence of unclaimed royalties. To initiate this study, the Office will hold an all-day educational symposium to facilitate discussion on these issues by broad industry participants and other interested members of the public, including featuring Open Music’s Nicole d’Avis on a panel on creating comprehensive databases.

Don't miss this Open Music Member Meeting in New York, featuring critical decisions on the Bylaws and Governance structures, a demo of Berklee and MIT’s joint technical project, and updates on Berklee’s latest education efforts. Meeting agenda and more details to be updated soon.

After receiving many requests, we have decided to move our May 29 bylaws ratification meeting to early Fall. Many members need time to provide thoughtful feedback, especially given the recent updates to our corporate purposes. These important discussions merit waiting and not trying to rush things through.

We will send out the new meeting date to our membership and update on the site when it’s available. All purchased tickets will be refunded in full via Eventbrite.

Join us for the Bylaws/Governance Working Group Call. The call will focus on feedback on Open Music’s bylaws, governance structure and membership agreement.

Don't miss this Open Music Member Meeting in Los Angeles. Agenda includes keynote with artist Steve Vai, critical updates and discussion on governance bylaws and the membership agreement; updates on the Music Modernization Act; and a presentation on DDEX standards. 

On the weekly call, the Technology/Protocols Working Group will discuss next steps for Open Music’s open protocol specifications.

Join us for the Board/Governance Working Group Call. The call will focus on next steps for Open Music’s bylaws, governance structure and membership agreement.

Join Open Music Faculty Lead George Howard at National Association of Music Merchants for two sessions exploring Open Music and Blockchain’s impact on digital assets in the music industry.

Come and learn about Open Music’s work with MIT Connection Science. Alongside MIT’s Alex Pentland and Thomas Hardjono, Open Music’s Panos Panay will give demos and discuss how open protocols will improve the transparency, performance, and accountability of the music industry.

Join us for the first call of the Education/Advocacy Working Group. The call will focus on next steps for Open Music’s educational programming for 2019.

Members of the Association of Independent Music Publishers will join Berklee, MIT and IBM at lunch to learn more about Open Music and how it can benefit the Music Modernization Act and music publishers; and also learn about how technologies like blockchain and machine learning can dramatically improve publisher forecasts, reduce backroom costs and increase revenue collections.

Join us for the first call of the Implementation/Adoption Working Group. The call will focus on next steps for prototyping and commercialization efforts and opportunities for Open Music’s membership in 2019.

This workshop will provide a conceptual overview and hands-on projects for understanding and solving legal use cases with data analytics, transaction automation and blockchain smart contracts with Dazza Greenwood, Visiting Scientist at MIT Media Lab/law.MIT.edu, including a special module and use cases with Open Music’s George Howard.

Join Open Music Strategic Advisor Vickie Nauman and IBM Media & Entertainment CTO Peter Guglielmino for a plenary discussion on how the Music Modernization Act is accelerating a new wave of innovation in rights management, and how Open Music’s open protocols might serve as a convener for creative rights holders with competing interests and differing influence levels toward shared benefits.

On the weekly call, the Technology/Protocols Working Group will discuss next steps for Open Music’s open protocol specifications.

Due to proximity to the holidays we have decided to reschedule this call for January so we can use our time well, and kick-off with strong attendance. We will send out the new date/time to our membership and update on the site.

Join us for the first call for the Education/Advocacy Working Group.

Due to proximity to the holidays we have decided to reschedule this call for January so we can use our time well, and kick-off with strong attendance. We will send out the new date/time to our membership and update on the site.

Join us for the first call for the Implementation/Adoption Working Group.

Join us for the first call for the Board/Governance Working Group.

Join us for the first call for the Technology/Protocols Working Group.

MIT Connection Science invites Open Music members to their Open Innovation Day, and the official launch of the MIT Blockchain and AI Systems Consortium.  

Join co-hosts MIT Connection Science, Legal Hackers, and Open Music for a unique day-long hackathon.

Explore and develop creative solutions for ownership/control/exchange of property rights to music and other digital media from the artist/creator vantage point in the music and media industry context. Learn about the Music Modernization Act and how it enables novel business models and legal frameworks that can transform the music and media industry through innovative technologies.

Open Music and IBM will run a design-thinking workshop during the breakout portion of IBM Blockchain Summit LA, exploring digital rights and royalties solutions for user generated content.

New Technologies for Creative Expression: Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

Join Ace Hotels and Berklee’s Open Music Initiative for an artist-focused discussion and demos of the creative possibilities unlocked through new technologies.

Explore the Future of Artistry

New Technologies for Creative Expression: Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

Join Ace Hotels and Berklee’s Open Music Initiative for an artist-focused exploration of the creative possibilities unlocked through new technologies. What are the income streams of the future, and what role will Blockchain play? How will Artificial Intelligence (AI) change artistry? What are the funding models of the 21st century?

Members and supporters of OMI will meet to continue work on the API, and discuss next steps implementing it across the industry. 

The Final Demo Day for OMI Summer Lab is here and the fellows are ready to show off their ventures!

Join us to hear the latest updates and check out the final ventures from the four Summer Lab teams, as they explore the edges of derivative musical works by utilizing distributed ledgers and OMI's API.