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CMU Podcast: Blurred Lines, BBC iPlayer Radio, MIC Coalition, Foo Fighters

By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 17 July 2015

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review the week in music and the music business, including the latest in the Marvin Gaye’s family’s legal battle with Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke over ‘Blurred Lines’, the BBC banning Neil Young and others from its radio stations, NPR’s withdrawal from the MIC Coalition, and why a cartoonist was sent to a Foo Fighters show. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.

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Stories discussed this week:

Blurred Lines trial

• Blurred Lines retrial request denied, though damages cut and no distribution ban
• Thicke n Pharrell lawyer confirms Blurred Lines appeal
• Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines (YouTube)
• Marvin Gaye – Got To Give It Up (YouTube)

BBC bans Neil Young

• Neil Young, The Doors and others excluded from BBC radio because of rights concerns over iPlayer upgrade
• Neil Young pulls from streaming over sound quality
• Neil Young on pulling from streaming (Facebook)
• Neil Young second post on pulling from streaming (Facebook)

NPR withdraws from MIC Coalition

• NPR quits the MIC Coalition lobby group

Cartoonist sent to Foo Fighters show

• Canadian paper circumvents Foo Fighters photographer rules by sending cartoonist
• Bad weather drives Foo Fighters off stage in Canada
• Photos Foo Fighters: the art of circumventing rigid requirements (Le Soleil)

Listen to this week’s CMU Approved artists:

• Qrion
• Peluché
• Spangle Call Lilli Line
• Miynt

What we didn’t have time to talk about:

• 50 Cent declares himself bankrupt
• Berklee report bigs up the blockchain as a royalty processing solution
• Final paid edition of NME to be published this month
• FTC looking into impact of Apple tax rules on rival streamers
• Future of West London’s Troubadour unclear as venue put up for sale

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