The Ministry of Economic Affairs hosted an event on intellectual property rights in the music industry to mark World Intellectual Property Day April 29 in Taipei City, spotlighting the government’s dedicated attention to the issue.
Organized by the ministry’s Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, the Music Copyright Society of Chinese Taipei (MÜST) and the Taipei Music Center, the daylong event brought together over 150 academics, creators and business representatives. It comprised two panels and two speeches.
According to the MOEA, panel participants discussed topics spanning legal regulations and practical music licensing norms in the digital era, as well as sharing opinions on how music creation can combine with commercial clout to maximize value.
The speeches were delivered by Wu I-wei, a winner of the Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song, and Neil Lee, founder of Taipei-based Master Tones, which helps composers and songwriters incorporate artificial intelligence into their creative process, the MOEA said. The former gave an overview of the music industry’s evolution over the past two decades and offered predictions of future trends, while the latter discussed ways that AI tools have altered traditional composition and explored new possibilities for AI co-creation.
TIPO Director General Liao Cheng-wei said during his opening remarks that the event echoed the 2025 theme of “IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP” proposed by the Switzerland-based World Intellectual Property Organization. The TIPO concluded by vowing to help creators safeguard their rights and promoting legal licensing, while encouraging industrial development and innovative applications. (YCH-E)
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