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Spotify unwraps Wrapped - assigns everyone a Sound Town
Spotify Wrapped went live for 2023 yesterday with every user being assigned a Sound Town - a town or city selected based on what music they have listened to this year…
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European Parliament committee calls for new EU rules to regulate streaming
The Culture Committee in the European Parliament has called for new rules in the European Union in relation to music streaming, seeking more transparency about streaming service algorithms and forcing platforms to better credit music-makers and rightsholders…
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Brazil-led anti-piracy initiative hails successes
Operation 404, an anti-piracy scheme led by the Brazilian government, has published an update on its work tackling stream-ripping sites and unlicensed MP3 download apps…
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iHeartMedia confirms incoming $100 million pay day as a result of BMI sale
The boss of SoundExchange has used the news that US radio giant iHeartMedia stands to make about $100 million from the sale of BMI to again big up the American Music Fairness Act…
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Diddy steps back from Chair role at Revolt as he fights two sexual assault lawsuits
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has stepped down as Chair of Revolt, the media company he co-founded, as he battles allegations of sexual assault in two lawsuits filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act…
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Cloudflare must block piracy site, German court confirms
A court in Cologne has confirmed an earlier ruling that internet services firm Cloudflare must block a copyright infringing music site from its CDN services, but not on its DNS resolver 1.1.1.1…
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Live Nation increases minimum wages at club venues as part of On The Road Again programme
Live Nation has announced that it is increasing minimum wages at its club venues in the US as part of its On The Road Again scheme…
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AI firm Anthropic seeks dismissal of music publisher lawsuit on jurisdiction grounds
AI company Anthropic has called for a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against it by a group of music publishers to be dismissed on jurisdiction grounds…
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⏩ One Liners: Skepta, M1onthebeat, BPI + more
Harman acquires Roon; Zetra sign to Nuclear Blast; new BPI council members elected; new music from M1onthebeat, Real Estate, Gogol Bordello, Lynks and Iglooghost; live news from Skepta, Nickelback, Becky Hill, Taking Back Sunday and FEMM; SoundExchange, BBC Introducing and UK Americana awards…
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European artist groups call on EU to address the ‘reciprocity’ problem created by the RAAP case
European performer unions and collecting societies, and indie label trade group IMPALA, have called on the EU to come forward with a solution to address what they see as a bad precedent set in a 2020 court case involving Irish performer society RAAP…
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Young Thug trial gets underway
The criminal trial against Young Thug has begun, with the rapper accused of heading up a violent gang. As expected, the prosecution has already cited his lyrics in court, a controversial move that has been criticised by many in the music community…
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Vision Nine's Boardmasters festival announces plans to boost capacity by 12,000
The Boardmasters festival in Newquay has announced plans to boost its capacity - it needs formal permission from the local council, but local councillors have already publicly supported the proposal…