CIO interview - Mark Krajewski of PRS for Music uses Oracle cloud transformation to protect our musical culture

Music has always faced a struggle with copyright theft and abuse; however, with AI, this vital cultural asset faces its greatest challenge yet from consumers, AI tech firms and even cybercriminals.

Fortunately, musicians have an ally. PRS for Music is a professional services organization that protects the rights of music creators, and its CIO, Mark Krajewski, spoke to diginomica about the organization's recent transformation, which will ensure its technology and processes can match the beat of music digitization, threats, and opportunities.

PRS for Music represents the rights of 180,000 clients who are songwriters, composers, or music publishers. Through a licence, the music is protected whether it is played via a broadcast, concert, public venue, streamed, or used as part of another media, such as a television show. This ensures that if a venue, broadcaster, or streaming service plays an artist's music as part of its revenue-generating business ...