by Jakub Galka | Mar 14, 2024 | AI, TECHNOLOGY
At Pex, we are always evolving our content identification technologies to stay ahead of trends and new challenges. As part of our Research and Development efforts, we have been honing our tech to identify AI-generated content, especially music and voices. With the...
by Jaclyn Petrovich | Mar 6, 2024 | MODIFIED AUDIO
The Academy Awards are right around the corner, and no matter what side of Barbenheimer you’re on, there’s an awards category for everyone. Our favorite happens to be Music (Original Song), for what we hope are obvious reasons. Today we’re announcing the nominees for...
by Larry Mills | Feb 28, 2024 | DATA INSIGHTS, MODIFIED AUDIO
In early 2023, we published a report on the state of modified audio across user-generated content (UGC) platforms. We found hundreds of millions of pieces of modified audio on these sites, representing millions in potential missed royalties for music rightsholders....
by MC Teissedre Grunitzky | Feb 14, 2024 | PLATFORMS
With music use soaring on user-generated content (UGC) platforms and social media screen times reaching record-breaking highs, content with unlicensed music poses a major risk for platforms these days. Growth of these types of platforms will only continue as AI tools...
by Jenny Crawford | Feb 7, 2024 | DATA INSIGHTS
TikTok, the pandemic’s golden child that couldn’t be banned, is under fire once again. This time, Universal Music Group (UMG) is calling for a ‘time out’ on TikTok as its licensing negotiations with the platform have failed. It’s no secret that TikTok contains huge...
by Jaclyn Petrovich | Feb 1, 2024 | BRANDS
Brands have welcomed music into their social media content, crafting some of the most memorable advertisements online. But despite having substantial budgets and significant partnerships, brands are restricted from using any music of their choice in their social media...
