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CMU Digest: Anthropic, Pandora, Hipgnosis, Bandcamp, Megan Thee Stallion

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CMU Digest • 5 min read

CMU Digest: Anthropic, Pandora, Hipgnosis, Bandcamp, Megan Thee Stallion

Catch up on key events this week, including the music publishers suing AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement, criticism of Universal's new policy on Pandora royalties, the Hipgnosis Songs Fund strategic review, job losses at Bandcamp, and Megan Thee Stallion settling her label dispute…

Chris Cooke • 21 Oct 2023

Setlist Podcast: Managers criticise Universal's Pandora royalty switch

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Universal Music • 2 min read

Setlist Podcast: Managers criticise Universal's Pandora royalty switch

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss criticism of a change to the way Universal Music pays out Pandora royalties and redundancies at Bandcamp…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 20 Oct 2023

Universal Music criticised over unannounced change to Pandora payments

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Universal Music • 6 min read

Universal Music criticised over unannounced change to Pandora payments

Universal Music has been criticised for a change it made last year to the way it pays Pandora royalties to artists, with payments now made directly by the major at contractural rates, rather than allowing 50% of income to flow to performers via collecting society SoundExchange…

Chris Cooke • 20 Oct 2023

Megan Thee Stallion settles dispute with label, allowing them to “amicably part ways"

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Megan Thee Stallion • 2 min read

Megan Thee Stallion settles dispute with label, allowing them to “amicably part ways"

Megan Thee Stallion's former label 1501 Certified Entertainment has confirmed that a legal dispute has now been settled, meaning the rapper no longer needs to deliver any more music to the record company…

Chris Cooke • 20 Oct 2023

TikTok Music goes properly live in Australia, Singapore and Mexico

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TikTok Music • 1 min read

TikTok Music goes properly live in Australia, Singapore and Mexico

TikTok Music has come out of beta in Australia, Singapore and Mexico meaning the social media firm’s standalone music service is now available in five markets…

Chris Cooke • 20 Oct 2023

Hipgnosis Songs Fund announces strategic review to allay investor concerns

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Hipgnosis • 2 min read

Hipgnosis Songs Fund announces strategic review to allay investor concerns

The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has announced a strategic review in a bid to allay investor concerns, though the board says it would not be in the interest of shareholders to terminate its contract with Hipgnosis Song Management, which manages the Fund’s catalogues day-to-day…

Chris Cooke • 20 Oct 2023

BMG to work with Universal Music on physical distribution

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BMG • 1 min read

BMG to work with Universal Music on physical distribution

BMG has announced that it will start outsourcing its physical distribution to Universal Music, having recently announced it is ending its long-term partnership with Warner Music’s ADA, bringing digital distribution in-house…

Chris Cooke • 20 Oct 2023

Music publishers sue AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement

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AI • 2 min read

Music publishers sue AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement

Universal Music Publishing, Concord and ABKCO have sued AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement, claiming that the tech firm has copied and exploited lyrics they control without licence…

Chris Cooke • 19 Oct 2023

Sick Of It All sue Mobb Deep over Dragon image and Supreme partnership

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Mobb Deep • 1 min read

Sick Of It All sue Mobb Deep over Dragon image and Supreme partnership

Hardcore punk band Sick Of It All have sued Mobb Deep and clothing company Supreme, after the latter started selling products featuring a dragon image used by Mobb Deep that is very similar to Sick Of It All’s logo…

Chris Cooke • 19 Oct 2023

Bandcamp union negotiators among the job losses at direct-to-fan firm

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Bandcamp • 1 min read

Bandcamp union negotiators among the job losses at direct-to-fan firm

The majority of Bandcamp employees who had joined the Bandcamp United union have not been offered jobs by the direct-to-firm’s new owner Songtradr - including all eight who had been leading negotiations with former parent company Epic Games…

Chris Cooke • 19 Oct 2023

X introduces dollar a year charge on basic accounts in New Zealand and the Philippines

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X • 1 min read

X introduces dollar a year charge on basic accounts in New Zealand and the Philippines

X is now charging a dollar a year to people setting up new basic accounts in New Zealand and the Philippines. The social media firm says the pilot is part of ongoing efforts to stop people setting up bot and spam accounts on the platform.…

Chris Cooke • 19 Oct 2023

Universal and BandLab announce alliance around AI

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BandLab • 1 min read

Universal and BandLab announce alliance around AI

Universal Music and BandLab have announced an alliance around AI, stating that they will “pioneer market-led solutions with pro-creator standards to ensure new technologies serve the creator community effectively and ethically”…

Chris Cooke • 19 Oct 2023