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Danish High Court increases streaming fraudster’s sentence after appeal review

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Streaming Fraud • 2 min read

Danish High Court increases streaming fraudster’s sentence after appeal review

Last year a Danish music industry executive was convicted for running a streaming fraud operation that generated millions of kroner. He appealed to Denmark’s High Court, but it has not only upheld the ruling but also increased his sentence from eighteen months to two years…

Chris Cooke • 06 Feb 2025

Max Richter tells MPs that artists “must have the right to determine” how their music is used by AI

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Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

Max Richter tells MPs that artists “must have the right to determine” how their music is used by AI

Yesterday the UK Parliament put the spotlight on copyright and AI again, with Max Richter among those to speak on behalf of creators. He criticised the “erosion of copyright” being proposed by the government, which is considering introducing a new copyright exception for AI companies…

Chris Cooke • 05 Feb 2025

Spotify says publishers issuing takedowns against podcasts is a “press stunt” in response to the MLC’s bundling lawsuit being dismissed

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Spotify • 3 min read

Spotify says publishers issuing takedowns against podcasts is a “press stunt” in response to the MLC’s bundling lawsuit being dismissed

Music publishers in the US have started issuing takedown notices in relation to unlicensed music in Spotify podcasts. Spotify says the move is a “weak response” to a judge last week dismissing the music industry’s lawsuit over its use of a bundling loophole to pay less to American songwriters…

Chris Cooke • 05 Feb 2025

AIF calls for Parliamentary inquiry into a festivals sector that has lost 215 events since the pandemic

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Association Of Independent Festivals • 2 min read

AIF calls for Parliamentary inquiry into a festivals sector that has lost 215 events since the pandemic

The music festival community gathered for the Festival Congress in Bristol today. AIF used its annual event to launch a Fallow Festival Fund and to call on Parliament’s culture committee to launch an inquiry into the economic challenges that music festivals are currently facing…

Chris Cooke • 05 Feb 2025

Falling In Reverse frontman’s defamation lawsuit a “vindictive” move to silence critics, says YouTuber

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Falling In Reverse • 2 min read

Falling In Reverse frontman’s defamation lawsuit a “vindictive” move to silence critics, says YouTuber

Last year Falling In Reverse singer Ronnie Radke sued a YouTuber for defamation over a video that discussed controversies involving the musician. That YouTuber wants the lawsuit dismissed, arguing that he was reporting on known controversies, and Radke’s lawsuit is an attempt to silence his critics…

Chris Cooke • 04 Feb 2025

Congress member proposes web blocking to protect copyright’s “$2 trillion” impact on US economy

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International Intellectual Property Alliance • 3 min read

Congress member proposes web blocking to protect copyright’s “$2 trillion” impact on US economy

US Congress member Zoe Lofgren has proposed a new law that would make web-blocking available as an anti-piracy tactic in the US for the first time, to better protect the American copyright industries, which a new report says now make a $2 trillion contribution to the US economy…

Chris Cooke • 04 Feb 2025

Bombshell copyright ruling could be “financially devastating” for music publishers

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Copyright • 6 min read

Bombshell copyright ruling could be “financially devastating” for music publishers

A ruling last week in a US termination rights dispute could have big ramifications for the music industry. Previously when songwriters exercised the termination right in US copyright law, it was assumed they only got their US rights back. A court has now said termination should apply worldwide…

Chris Cooke • 03 Feb 2025

Apple won’t be forced to let Musi back into its app store, rules judge

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Musi • 2 min read

Apple won’t be forced to let Musi back into its app store, rules judge

Apple kicked music app Musi out of its App Store last September. Musi has sued and wants a preliminary injunction forcing Apple to immediately reinstate its app. A judge has declined to issue that injunction, saying Apple’s terms clearly say it can remove any apps at any time “with or without cause”…

Chris Cooke • 03 Feb 2025

Ticketmaster to offer Canadian customers a $45 voucher after settling ‘drip pricing’ class action

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Ticketmaster • 2 min read

Ticketmaster to offer Canadian customers a $45 voucher after settling ‘drip pricing’ class action

Canadian concert-goers who bought tickets from Ticketmaster in 2018 may get a $45 voucher as part of the settlement of a class action lawsuit against drip pricing. Although Canadian rules on drip pricing are now clearer, the class action argued the practice breached consumer rights law even in 2018…

Chris Cooke • 31 Jan 2025

New allegations made in Diddy criminal case, while Jay-Z hits back again at the lawyer who pulled him into a Diddy lawsuit

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Diddy • 3 min read

New allegations made in Diddy criminal case, while Jay-Z hits back again at the lawyer who pulled him into a Diddy lawsuit

More allegations have been made against Diddy by prosecutors in the criminal case that accuses the musician of racketeering and sex trafficking. Meanwhile Jay-Z is still in a back and forth with the lawyer who added him as a co-defendant on one of the lawsuits accusing Diddy of sexual assault…

Chris Cooke • 31 Jan 2025

Simply prompting an AI model doesn’t make you the author of a copyrighted work, according to the US Copyright Office

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US Copyright Office • 3 min read

Simply prompting an AI model doesn’t make you the author of a copyrighted work, according to the US Copyright Office

When people have tried to register AI-generated works with the US Copyright Office, it has always said that only AI-assisted works enjoy copyright protection. It reaffirms that position in a new report, but provides more information on how to distinguish between AI-generated and AI-assisted content…

Chris Cooke • 30 Jan 2025

With “hundreds of stories from women of being harassed”, UK government needs to tackle harassment and abuse in the music industry

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Black Lives In Music • 2 min read

With “hundreds of stories from women of being harassed”, UK government needs to tackle harassment and abuse in the music industry

Parliament’s Women And Equalities Select Committee staged another session yesterday on misogyny in music, following its report on that topic last year. The last government declined to enact any of the committee’s legislative proposals. MPs were told that current ministers should now do that work…

Chris Cooke • 29 Jan 2025