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Warner hires new acquisitions chief to gobble up distros

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Warner Music • 4 min read

Warner hires new acquisitions chief to gobble up distros

Warner Music has been looking for a man in finance - and has got one, in the shape of spectacularly haired Michael Ryan-Southern, who will lead corporate development - including, maybe, trying to buy a distributor that isn’t Believe…

Chris Cooke • 07 Jun 2024

Universal wants Tupac ‘Dear Mama’ rights dispute dismissed

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Tupac Shakur • 3 min read

Universal wants Tupac ‘Dear Mama’ rights dispute dismissed

Producer Master Tee last year claimed that he wrote and produced 1993 Tupac track ‘Dear Mama’, but was denied his credit and copyright as a result of the devious tactics of another producer, Tony D Pizzaro. Defendants had agreed to mediation, but now say Master Tee is making unreasonable demands…

Chris Cooke • 07 Jun 2024

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Twitch • 2 min read

Twitch launches licensed DJ Program

Twitch has unveiled a new DJ Program licensed by the majors and hundreds of indies, which will allow DJs to livestream sets on the platform without running into copyright problems. DJs will have to share a portion of any revenue they make on Twitch with the labels…

Chris Cooke • 07 Jun 2024

Nottingham’s Splendour festival future secured in new five year deal with council

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Splendour Festival • 2 min read

Nottingham’s Splendour festival future secured in new five year deal with council

Nottingham’s Splendour festival will return in 2025, with a new deal between the city’s council and promoter DHP close to being agreed that will run for the next five years. The council put the festival out for tender last year and delays in that process forced DHP to cancel the 2024 edition…

Chris Cooke • 06 Jun 2024

Merlin Connect hopes to make it easier for emerging technology platforms to use music

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Merlin • 2 min read

Merlin Connect hopes to make it easier for emerging technology platforms to use music

Merlin launches Merlin Connect to make it easier for emerging technology platforms to access music. The digital rights agency says that licensing music for new platforms can be challenging and expensive…

Chris Cooke • 06 Jun 2024

Travis Scott lawyers say uncleared sample is alright

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Travis Scott • 2 min read

Travis Scott lawyers say uncleared sample is alright

Travis Scott has asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit over an allegedly uncleared sample because the lyric “alright, alright, alright” - is not substantial enough to be protected by copyright…

Chris Cooke • 06 Jun 2024

The MLC’s billion dollar black box in the spotlight in US Copyright Office review

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MLC • 6 min read

The MLC’s billion dollar black box in the spotlight in US Copyright Office review

US collecting society The MLC will soon be sitting on a billion dollar black box, say songwriters who have made submissions to a Copyright Office review. Is the society doing enough to reduce the size of the black box and to ensure it is transparent about what will happen to that money?…

Chris Cooke • 05 Jun 2024

SACEM reports total collections of €1.48 billion for 2023

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SACEM reports total collections of €1.48 billion for 2023

French collecting society SACEM collected €1.48 billion in royalties in 2023, distributing €1.23 billion to its members. Having made “controlling costs a priority”, the society says it has reduced the percentage of royalties spent on running the organisation to 10.76%…

Chris Cooke • 05 Jun 2024

Canada's new streaming levy is a “protectionist subsidy for radio”

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Streaming • 3 min read

Canada's new streaming levy is a “protectionist subsidy for radio”

Streaming services in Canada will have to pay a new 5% levy with the money supporting music and radio industry initiatives. Stemming from the country’s Online Streaming Act, the levy has been welcomed by the music industry but heavily criticised by the digital platforms…

Chris Cooke • 05 Jun 2024

Change MLC dispute procedure so we don’t pay to sue ourselves, say streaming services

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MLC • 5 min read

Change MLC dispute procedure so we don’t pay to sue ourselves, say streaming services

The streaming services have told the US Copyright Office that it should put in place new rules for how collecting society The MLC deals with disputes over the compulsory licence it administers. Under the current system, services can end up paying for lawsuits in which they are the defendants…

Chris Cooke • 04 Jun 2024

A long way to go on carbon emission reductions say Coldplay as they beat their own target

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Coldplay • 3 min read

A long way to go on carbon emission reductions say Coldplay as they beat their own target

As Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres Tour continues, the band have published stats relating to their efforts to cut carbon emissions. They have now met their target of cutting emissions compared to their last tour by at least 50%, but say “we’re a long way from where we need to be on this”…

Chris Cooke • 04 Jun 2024

Independent festivals encouraged to embrace MU’s Access Rider

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Independent festivals encouraged to embrace MU’s Access Rider

Festival organisers are being encouraged to embrace the Access Rider developed by the UK’s Musicians’ Union, via which promoters proactively ask about the access requirements of performers. AIF is hosting a webinar explaining how festivals can implement the rider as part of their booking processes…

Chris Cooke • 03 Jun 2024