Major publishers tell US Supreme Court they must intervene in termination rights ruling that “threatens the licensing of copyrighted works throughout the world”
Termination Right • 4 min read

Major publishers tell US Supreme Court they must intervene in termination rights ruling that “threatens the licensing of copyrighted works throughout the world”

The major music publishers and BMG have submitted a new filing with the US Supreme Court in the ongoing termination rights legal battle involving songwriter Cyril Vetter. He recently told the Supreme Court to ignore the publishers’ doomsaying about this case - their new filing has plenty of that…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
🎧 Approved: Sylvie
CMU Approved • 1 min read

🎧 Approved: Sylvie

LA-based Ben Schwab started Sylvie after finding a box of his father’s 1970s band tapes. Country folk-rock with a soft-focus amber glow, new single ‘Not Looking Back Anymore’ glows with early Bonnie Raitt tenderness. A debut album is out 6 Nov…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Clinic
CMU Approved • 1 min read

🎧 Approved: Clinic

Liverpool duo Clinic have been making genuinely strange art-punk since the late 90s - surgical masks, acidic vocals, jumble sale organs, a Grammy nomination. Tenth album ‘Wild In The Streets’ is out 30 Oct. New single ‘Energies’ is the closest they’ve ever come to the dancefloor…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
Don’t say collusion: “no evidence of misconduct or conflict of interest” say major labels and publishers about their Phono V physical negotiations
Copyright Royalty Board • 8 min read

Don’t say collusion: “no evidence of misconduct or conflict of interest” say major labels and publishers about their Phono V physical negotiations

The US Copyright Royalty Board is reviewing what mechanical royalties songwriters and publishers should receive from 2028. It’s labels who pay mechanical royalties on physical records, and the major labels are keen to stress they aren’t colluding with the major publishers to keep the rates down…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Streaming fraud is fuelled by “perceived lack of a legal risk”, industry stakeholders tell judge in Michael Smith sentencing
Music Fights Fraud Alliance • 3 min read

Streaming fraud is fuelled by “perceived lack of a legal risk”, industry stakeholders tell judge in Michael Smith sentencing

The streaming fraudster who pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in relation to an $8 million streaming scam will be sentenced next week. The Music Fights Fraud Alliance says the sentence should “reflect the systemic harm” caused by the scam, so that it deters others involved in streaming fraud…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
🎧 Approved: PROJECTOR
CMU Approved • 1 min read

🎧 Approved: PROJECTOR

With Brighton quartet PROJECTOR industrial drum machines, angular post-punk and rant-pop share the same space. New track ‘I Need A Lie Down’ was designed to “make people feel sick and culminate in a horrific wall of noise” when played live, which sounds horrible but (at least on record) sounds great…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
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