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French court order operators of defunct file-sharing site to pay €489 million in damages

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Piracy • 2 min read

French court order operators of defunct file-sharing site to pay €489 million in damages

A French court has handed down jail sentences to two men involved in running a long defunct file-sharing service called T411 - and also ordered them to pay €489 million in damages, €18 million to French collecting society SACEM…

Chris Cooke • 18 Oct 2023

Spinnin' Records announces alliance with AI company Endel

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Spinnin’ Records • 1 min read

Spinnin' Records announces alliance with AI company Endel

Warner Music-owned dance label Spinnin’ Records has announced a tie-up with music AI company Endel that will see its catalogue transformed into relaxation soundscapes…

Chris Cooke • 18 Oct 2023

Patreon buys livestreaming platform Moment

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Patreon • 1 min read

Patreon buys livestreaming platform Moment

Memberships platform Patreon has bought livestreaming set-up Moments as it enhances the range of tools it offers its creators…

Chris Cooke • 18 Oct 2023

NTIA campaign encourages hearing health testing and tinnitus prevention

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Listen For Live Campaign • 2 min read

NTIA campaign encourages hearing health testing and tinnitus prevention

The UK’s Night Time Industries Association will today launch the Listen For Life Campaign, putting the spotlight on the ways people can protect their hearing when listening to and working with loud music…

Chris Cooke • 18 Oct 2023

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Spotify • 2 min read

Spotify adds new Merch Hub to its app

Spotify has added a Merch Hub to its app which will recommend merchandise based on the music each user has listened to…

Chris Cooke • 17 Oct 2023

Pras requests retrial over lobbying conviction, says lawyer bungled defence with AI

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The Fugees • 2 min read

Pras requests retrial over lobbying conviction, says lawyer bungled defence with AI

Former Fugee Pras has asked for a retrial after being found guilty of involvement in unlawful foreign lobbying campaigns earlier this year - he argues his original lawyer failed to properly defend him, in part because he got AI to write his closing arguments…

Chris Cooke • 17 Oct 2023

One Liners: ERA, Raye, Ice Spice, Easy Life + more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 3 min read

One Liners: ERA, Raye, Ice Spice, Easy Life + more

Block acquires Hifi; Audoo expands down under; Concord signs Amaarae; ERA, Orchard, BandLab and Banner Music appointments; new releases from Raye, Ice Spice and Remi, Easy Life, Joel Culpepper, M83, and Barry Can’t Swim; Christine And The Queen gig cancellations…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 17 Oct 2023

FREENOW launches new scheme to support grassroots venues

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Music Venue Trust • 1 min read

FREENOW launches new scheme to support grassroots venues

Taxi app FREENOW has announced a new scheme that will provide at least £200,000 in support for Music Venue Trust’s Pipeline Investment Fund…

Chris Cooke • 17 Oct 2023

Hipgnosis Songs Fund scraps interim dividend after reducing expectations from Copyright Royalty Board windfall

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Hipgnosis • 3 min read

Hipgnosis Songs Fund scraps interim dividend after reducing expectations from Copyright Royalty Board windfall

The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has told investors that extra payments due as a result of the final Copyright Royalty Board ruling on US streaming royalties will be significantly less than previously estimated, $9.9 million instead of $21.7 million…

Chris Cooke • 16 Oct 2023

Megan Thee Stallion has "no label right now" and that's how she wants it

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Megan Thee Stallion • 2 min read

Megan Thee Stallion has "no label right now" and that's how she wants it

Megan Thee Stallion says she will self-release her next record because “I don’t want to sign to a new label right now”. She has had multiple legal run-ins with her former label 1501 Entertainment…

Chris Cooke • 16 Oct 2023

US internet organisations support Grande's appeal in record industry copyright battle

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Grande Communications • 2 min read

US internet organisations support Grande's appeal in record industry copyright battle

Two trade organisations for the US internet sector have submitted an amicus brief in support of Grande Communications as it continues in its legal battle with the record industry, seeking to overturn a $46.8 million judgement…

Chris Cooke • 16 Oct 2023

CMU Digest: RIAA, Utopia, Easy Life, Coldplay, Hipgnosis

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CMU Digest • 5 min read

CMU Digest: RIAA, Utopia, Easy Life, Coldplay, Hipgnosis

Catch up on key events this week, including the RIAA adding voice cloning sites to its piracy gripe list, more revelations about Utopia’s finances, Easy Life conceding defeat in trademark battle, Coldplay suing their ex-manager, and unhappy Hipgnosis shareholders planning to block a catalogue sale…

Chris Cooke • 14 Oct 2023