Publications
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Drury, R. (2026) ‘To opt-out or not to opt-out? Music as data to be mined: a music industry perspective’, in Sganga, C. and Synodinou, E-T. (eds.) Flexibilities in Copyright Law. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.
Drury, R. (2025) ‘Music and the Machine: testing the UK music industry’s preparedness for AI-generated copyright challenges’, Ethnomusicology Forum REMF, 34(2), pp. 238-244. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2025.2539013.
Drury, R. (2025) ‘You’re not supposed to launder my music: music as data in the training of generative AI music models’, in Gullö, J-O., Hepworth-Sawyer, R., Hook, D., Marrington, M., Paterson, J. and Toulson, R. (eds.) Innovation in music: adjusting perspectives. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.
Flynn, M. and Drury, R. (2025) ‘Teaching the rights way: a case for integrating copyright into higher education curriculum’, in Violoti, G. and Barolsky, D. (eds.) Recorded Music in Current Practice and Research. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Drury, R. (2026) Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI. Available at: https://www.ism.org/brave-new-world/ (Accessed: 4 February 2026).
Drury, R. (2021) ‘A constellation of inconsistencies: questioning the blurred lines of music copyright infringement’, IASPM UK & Ireland. Available at: https://www.iaspm.org.uk/iaspm/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Rachael-Drury.pdf (Accessed: 4 February 2026).
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2025
International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) – Recording Popular Music, University Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris
The artificial studio: the economic and cultural transformation of recorded music in the age of artificial intelligence
International Music Business Research Days, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Algo-rhythmic creativity: the legal and economic challenges of generative AI in the UK music industry
2024
Northern Network for Empirical Research (NEMuR 10), University of Hull, UK
Creative destruction and destruction of the creatives: music creator perspectives on generative AI and copyright
2023
International Music Business Research Days 2024, University of Agder, Norway
Creative destruction and destruction of the creatives: music creator perspectives on generative AI and copyright
Innovation in Music Conference 2023, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
You’re not supposed to launder my music! Music as AI training data
2022
2nd International Music Livelihoods Symposium, Griffith University, Queensland (online)
Teaching the rights way: the case for integrating copyright into the higher education music curriculum
Rethinking Copyright Flexibilities (ReCreating Europe) – University of Cyprus, Nicosia
To opt-out or not to opt-out: music as data, an EU and UK perspective