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PRS thinks managers and venues are “inefficient” and “unprofessional”, claim songwriters suing PRS

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PRS For Music • 4 min read

PRS thinks managers and venues are “inefficient” and “unprofessional”, claim songwriters suing PRS

The songwriters who are suing PRS in a dispute about how the society deals with artists directly licensing live shows have criticised a statement defending the PRS Major Live Concerts Service, which implies that most managers and venues are “inefficient” and “unprofessional”…

Chris Cooke • 07 Nov 2024

Canadian government wants TikTok out of Canada for national security, but avoids outright ban on app

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TikTok • 2 min read

Canadian government wants TikTok out of Canada for national security, but avoids outright ban on app

Canada has forced the shutdown of TikTok’s operations in the country on national security grounds, but Canadians will still be free to use the TikTok app. Meanwhile in the US there is speculation newly elected President Donald Trump will reverse the pending TikTok ban there…

Chris Cooke • 07 Nov 2024

Proposed UK copyright amendment will see US performers frozen out of equitable remuneration deal

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Intellectual Property Office • 4 min read

Proposed UK copyright amendment will see US performers frozen out of equitable remuneration deal

The government has been reviewing the rules about which foreign performers should get equitable remuneration when their recordings are broadcast or performed in the UK. There was a plan that all foreign performers should earn ER, but a compromise means some performers will still miss out…

Chris Cooke • 06 Nov 2024

Cox again urges Supreme Court to review major label dispute, to stop “innocent users” losing internet access because “a guest downloaded a couple of songs”

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Cox Communications • 3 min read

Cox again urges Supreme Court to review major label dispute, to stop “innocent users” losing internet access because “a guest downloaded a couple of songs”

Cox Communications has made another filing with the US Supreme Court, which it wants to intervene in its billion dollar legal dispute with the major record companies. Much of the submission deals with legal technicalities, but it also makes some bombastic ‘save the internet’ type statements…

Chris Cooke • 06 Nov 2024

Man arrested in Canada in relation to Ticketmaster data hack

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Ticketmaster • 2 min read

Man arrested in Canada in relation to Ticketmaster data hack

A man believed to be behind the mega-hack of Ticketmaster data earlier this year was in court in Canada yesterday having been arrested last week. The US want to extradite him in connection with multiple data breaches which also impacted companies like AT&T and Santander…

Chris Cooke • 06 Nov 2024

Universal Music claims Believe has built its business on “industrial-scale copyright infringement” and wants $500 million

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Believe • 3 min read

Universal Music claims Believe has built its business on “industrial-scale copyright infringement” and wants $500 million

Universal Music has filed a bombastic $500 million lawsuit against Believe accusing it of facilitating rampant copyright infringement by allowing fraudsters to illegally deliver tracks owned by the major to the streaming services, claiming royalties when those uploads are streamed…

Chris Cooke • 05 Nov 2024

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GEMA • 2 min read

GEMA publishes AI Charter

A new AI Charter from German collecting society GEMA sets out the music industry’s usual demands of AI companies, but also discusses moral rights and imbalances in negotiating power…

Chris Cooke • 05 Nov 2024

US rights organisation SESAC welcomes 10% increase in radio royalty rate

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SESAC • 2 min read

US rights organisation SESAC welcomes 10% increase in radio royalty rate

Songwriters allied to American collecting society SESAC will see an increase in royalties from radio airplay after an arbitration panel ruled on a new licensing agreement between the rights organisation and the US radio sector…

Chris Cooke • 05 Nov 2024

Another court says that Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ is not a ‘Let's Get It On’ rip off

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Ed Sheeran • 3 min read

Another court says that Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ is not a ‘Let's Get It On’ rip off

Ed Sheeran has again defeated a legal claim that his hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’ rips off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’. A jury sided with Sheeran on this claim in May 2023, but a second lawsuit was filed by a company with an interest in Gaye’s song. That second lawsuit was dismissed and then appealed…

Chris Cooke • 04 Nov 2024

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BBC • 2 min read

BBC Chair says the “fight is on” to protect the UK’s “wonderful” public service broadcasters

BBC Chair Samir Shah will make a number of demands of the government and media regulator OfCom in a speech tomorrow in a bid to ensure that the UK’s public service broadcasters can continue to compete in a market increasingly dominated by global platforms like those run by Netflix, Amazon and Disney…

Chris Cooke • 04 Nov 2024

Madlib sues business manager over allegations of “rank self-dealing”

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Madlib • 2 min read

Madlib sues business manager over allegations of “rank self-dealing”

Madlib has sued his business manager Egon over allegations he mismanaged two companies they set up together to control the producer’s recordings and merchandise business. It’s claimed that, since they fell out, Egon is now holding Madlib’s IP and social media hostage…

Chris Cooke • 04 Nov 2024

Streaming inequalities should be resolved via Creator Remuneration Working Group says UK government, renewing commitment to cross-industry dialogue

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Digital services and platforms news • 3 min read

Streaming inequalities should be resolved via Creator Remuneration Working Group says UK government, renewing commitment to cross-industry dialogue

The UK government has formally responded to the ‘Creator Remuneration’ report published by Parliament’s culture select committee. Its response includes a renewed commitment to the Creator Remuneration Working Group as “the best way” to address concerns raised by music creators about streaming income…

Chris Cooke • 01 Nov 2024