Business News Digital Industry People Labels & Publishers Live Business Setlist

Setlist: StubHub and blanket licences for the whole internet

By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 1 June 2020

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest lawsuit against StubHub over its COVID-19 refund policy and the departure of its president, and the proposal by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for a compulsory licence covering all uses of music online. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

SECTION TIMES
01: StubHub lawsuit and deaprture of its president (00:04:37)
02: Blanket licence for the internet (00:16:57)

SUBSCRIBE TO SETLIST
Listen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes for free automatically each week through any of these services…

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• StubHub faces class action in Canada too over its COVID-19 refunds policy
• StubHub President stands down
• A Plan to Pay Artists, Encourage Competition, and Promote Free Expression (EFF.org)

ALSO MENTIONED
• Warner Music officially launches its IPO
• Worst. Deal. Ever. (Forbes)
• Dissecting The Digital Dollar