Major challenges in music data management: UKIPO
The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has said that emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain could provide crucial data management solutions for the music industry, but only after several underlying problems are addressed.
The findings were published in a new IPO report, entitled “ Music 2025: The Music Data Dilemma: issues facing the music industry in improving data management” yesterday, June 19.
According to the IPO, the report, which was carried out alongside the University of Ulster, revealed several challenges that the music industry faces with respect to data management.
This includes the increasing fragmentation of datasets and lack of a mechanism for various stakeholders to collaborate on data solutions.
“Many companies are looking for individual solutions to meet their own needs,” the report said.
There is also insufficient awareness of best practice with respect to data management across the industry, the report concluded.
Among the IPO recommendations were the introduction of accredited educational programmes for data entry specialists, and enhanced education programmes for music creators.
The report also stressed that all content uploaded to commercial digital platforms should be identified and attributed using recognised international standards.
“There should be no entity without identity,” the IPO said.
In a press release, IPO CEO Tim Moss said that the “global success” of the UK music industry had brought “the challenge of managing the huge volumes of data created”.
“This could include who wrote the song, where it was recorded, who played on it, and who owns the rights to it,” Moss explained.
He added: “By resolving the issues identified in the report, new technology such as standardised AI enabled data management can help join up an often fragmented industry, improve standards and deliver real benefit to music creators, performers, and publishers alike.”
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