Exploration Audio Newsletter - June 11, 2021

The NMPA filed a new copyright infringement lawsuit against online-game company Roblox, alleging the platform allows unauthorized use of songs without paying rights holders. They are seeking monetary damages of at least $200 million. Roblox responded back on Thursday, saying that the lawsuit misunderstands how it operates.

On June 8, members of the American Law Institute (ALI) voted on a part of its “restatement” of US copyright law. Music creator advocacy organizations like Songwriters of North America (SONA) and Black Music Action Coalition wrote a letter urging them to vote against it, voicing their concerns that the new changes may “diminish the rights of creators”.

YouTube Shorts rolled out globally in the UK, Canada, and Latin America with a crucial new feature that allows creators to sample and repurpose audio from existing YouTube videos. Before the update, creators were only able to sample audio from other Shorts videos, and pull songs from YouTube’s licensed music library.

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