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Harvey Mason Jr.

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435 total appearances

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

properly and loudly enough even within the tech platforms throughout the labels and publishers journalists podcasts hosts we can talk about this enough come to an understanding of how this needs to function as confusing as that might be we can start to manage some of it internally you know some same things happened when we started sampling other people's records we had a bunch of hit records that included other people's samples and that ran its course we kind of figured out how it needed to be treated and handled

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Same thing with streaming. There's things like people are putting music all over the internet on streaming services, and we've gotten to a place where we're slightly better still work to do there. I believe we'll come to some solutions around AI and how we can all equally or equitably participate in the revenue.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Same thing with streaming. There's things like people are putting music all over the internet on streaming services, and we've gotten to a place where we're slightly better still work to do there. I believe we'll come to some solutions around AI and how we can all equally or equitably participate in the revenue.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Same thing with streaming. There's things like people are putting music all over the internet on streaming services, and we've gotten to a place where we're slightly better still work to do there. I believe we'll come to some solutions around AI and how we can all equally or equitably participate in the revenue.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Very different than AI. You're right.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Very different than AI. You're right.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Very different than AI. You're right.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

I'm sure it will be messier because it is such a wider reaching issue. But I do think there's a way, maybe I'm overly optimistic in rose-colored glasses, but I think people realize the importance of music, maybe broader, the importance of art and AI has an impact across all the different disciplines of artistry. And if we can

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

I'm sure it will be messier because it is such a wider reaching issue. But I do think there's a way, maybe I'm overly optimistic in rose-colored glasses, but I think people realize the importance of music, maybe broader, the importance of art and AI has an impact across all the different disciplines of artistry. And if we can

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

I'm sure it will be messier because it is such a wider reaching issue. But I do think there's a way, maybe I'm overly optimistic in rose-colored glasses, but I think people realize the importance of music, maybe broader, the importance of art and AI has an impact across all the different disciplines of artistry. And if we can

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

continue to emphasize the value and the importance of it and point out that this has the potential to really be harmful to it. I have to believe in my human heart that anybody would want that to be addressed and would want to come up with a solution that made sense. whether it's the guys you mentioned or heads of other companies, I just think there's a way to do it.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

continue to emphasize the value and the importance of it and point out that this has the potential to really be harmful to it. I have to believe in my human heart that anybody would want that to be addressed and would want to come up with a solution that made sense. whether it's the guys you mentioned or heads of other companies, I just think there's a way to do it.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

continue to emphasize the value and the importance of it and point out that this has the potential to really be harmful to it. I have to believe in my human heart that anybody would want that to be addressed and would want to come up with a solution that made sense. whether it's the guys you mentioned or heads of other companies, I just think there's a way to do it.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

I know everybody's trying to build their companies, make value for their investors and shareholders, and there's a lot of levels to this. But at the base, it's music, man. It is music. We can't have... wild, wild west around copyright and ownership and intellectual property protections.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

I know everybody's trying to build their companies, make value for their investors and shareholders, and there's a lot of levels to this. But at the base, it's music, man. It is music. We can't have... wild, wild west around copyright and ownership and intellectual property protections.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

I know everybody's trying to build their companies, make value for their investors and shareholders, and there's a lot of levels to this. But at the base, it's music, man. It is music. We can't have... wild, wild west around copyright and ownership and intellectual property protections.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Stuff needs to be done properly so that we can continue to tell these stories, to have these emotions and the heart and soul behind these songs. Otherwise, what are we doing? We're just going to have the computer make everything? Now, if you look at AI for other things that are... Can you talk to Sam Altman? Because that might be his answer. I'm hoping to, but I have to. He has a favorite artist.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Stuff needs to be done properly so that we can continue to tell these stories, to have these emotions and the heart and soul behind these songs. Otherwise, what are we doing? We're just going to have the computer make everything? Now, if you look at AI for other things that are... Can you talk to Sam Altman? Because that might be his answer. I'm hoping to, but I have to. He has a favorite artist.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Stuff needs to be done properly so that we can continue to tell these stories, to have these emotions and the heart and soul behind these songs. Otherwise, what are we doing? We're just going to have the computer make everything? Now, if you look at AI for other things that are... Can you talk to Sam Altman? Because that might be his answer. I'm hoping to, but I have to. He has a favorite artist.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

I know he does. He has a band he grew up listening to his whole life in his bedroom while he was programming some computer. He loves somebody. Or he's read a book that mattered, or he saw a piece of art that moved him. Everybody has. Well, maybe not everybody, but most people. So all that to say, I believe in human creativity.