WMG is serious about preventing music leaks in job postings

Warner Music Group takes tracking down leaked music seriously. The label has posted a job opening for an internet-savvy person to track down leaks as they occur.

The job title is “Coordinator, Anti-Piracy/Content Protection,” and Warner is looking for someone who knows the depths of the internet. “We're looking for someone who loves scouring the depths of the internet to find out when and where unreleased music first appears,” the job posting reads. “We want someone who can help our artists stay in control of their release schedules. This person will be the next building block in building a world-class anti-piracy unit.”

Warner expects this individual to oversee and protect all forms of Warner Music Group intellectual property, including audio, physical products, merchandise and virtual properties. They will work with label partners on priority release schedules and coordinate those priority releases with third-party anti-piracy services on a weekly basis. The individual will also receive and create leak alerts for infringing uploads to services and “discover new platforms that infringe WMG's intellectual property.”

The ideal candidate for this role will have experience with Google products (Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Forms) and Microsoft Office services (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Sharepoint) and will be able to think quickly and work well independently. WMG is looking for someone with at least one year of experience in digital content management, anti-piracy, or copyright law. A college degree is preferred but not required.

According to WMG, this is a hybrid role, with the candidate expected to be in the office four days per week. Interested in applying for the role? Find out more about the role here.

WMG is home to 10K Projects, 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics and several other of the world's leading record labels. So how do music leaks happen? In a variety of ways.

It's not impossible for sound engineers to dump a file onto their personal drive during recording sessions to release later. Warner is looking for someone to help them track down such leaks – and isolate them before they spread and hit popular UGC services like SoundCloud and YouTube.