THE CONVERSATION
Why this session?
A repertoire may pass through families and teachers without a single written owner. The session explores access, attribution and income in music archives.
In today's global context
Streaming and digitisation can make rare music easier to hear while changing who benefits. Rights-respecting models are needed across musical traditions.
Ten questions to explore
- Who may authorise an archival recording?
- How should performers and teachers be credited?
- What does informed consent cover?
- Which recordings need restricted access?
- How do labels and families share decisions?
- What can metadata say about a raga?
- How can archives return value to artists?
- When should restoration leave imperfections?
- How can younger listeners find deep repertoire?
- What governance survives a platform change?
Key outcomes we hope to shape
- A rights and attribution checklist for music archives
- An artist-first access model to test
We welcome nominations from musicians, family archivists, labels and music-rights specialists and others with relevant experience. Speaker nominations are open.
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