Chris Cooke - CMU | the music business explained (Page 47)

Apple hits out at EU competition ruling that “ignores the realities of a market”

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Apple • 4 min read

Apple hits out at EU competition ruling that “ignores the realities of a market”

Apple has responded to the European Union’s ruling that its App Store rules breach competition law, hitting out at both Spotify and the European Commission, and all the meetings that Spotify has had with EC officials since first complaining about its rules around in-app payments…

Chris Cooke • 05 Mar 2024

Live Nation says rising ticket prices definitely not its fault

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Live Nation • 4 min read

Live Nation says rising ticket prices definitely not its fault

As US politicians continue to discuss and consider the ticketing sector, Live Nation has published a blog post insisting that promoters and ticketing companies - including its Ticketmaster division - are not responsible for increasing ticket prices…

Chris Cooke • 05 Mar 2024

EU fines €1.8 billion at end of Spotify initiated competition law investigation

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EU fines €1.8 billion at end of Spotify initiated competition law investigation

Apple has been fined €1.8 billion by the European Union, following an investigation into its App Store rules. The massive fine is almost four times larger than the €500 million that had been expected and is the result of a complaint filed by Spotify in 2019…

Chris Cooke • 04 Mar 2024

YouTube Music staff laid off in middle of meeting about employment rights with Austin City Council

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YouTube • 2 min read

YouTube Music staff laid off in middle of meeting about employment rights with Austin City Council

A group of YouTube Music staff found out that they had been made redundant while speaking at a council meeting in Texas, urging councillors to support them in their efforts to get the Google-owned company to negotiate with their union. Google says they were contractors whose agreements have expired…

Chris Cooke • 04 Mar 2024

Stability files defence in important test case on AI and UK copyright law

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Stability AI • 3 min read

Stability files defence in important test case on AI and UK copyright law

Stability AI has argued that it can’t be held liable for copyright infringement in the UK, because training of its Stable Diffusion AI platform took place on servers in the US. Getty Images says that the company infringed its copyrights by training its AI model on pictures it owns without permission…

Chris Cooke • 04 Mar 2024

Setlist Podcast: UK music revenues are back to their CD peak (sort of)

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Setlist • 5 min read

Setlist Podcast: UK music revenues are back to their CD peak (sort of)

Music retail revenues are now higher than their 2001 peak (just don't adjust for inflation), and the brewing legal battle between Kanye West and the Donna Summer estate…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 01 Mar 2024

Universal Music sends another memo to songwriters about its big TikTok bust-up

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Universal Music • 3 min read

Universal Music sends another memo to songwriters about its big TikTok bust-up

As the deadline passed for TikTok to remove Universal published songs from its platform, the major has sent another memo to its artists and songwriters. It admits some of them may be finding that the disruption caused by its TikTok bust-up is proving difficult, but insists it will all be worth it…

Chris Cooke • 01 Mar 2024

New report outlines “the scathing history” of sexual abuse and cover ups in the music industry

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Sound Off • 2 min read

New report outlines “the scathing history” of sexual abuse and cover ups in the music industry

Four US organisations have published a report called ‘Sound Off’ that summarises allegations of sexual harassment and assault that have been made against more than 50 people working in the music industry, while also calling for commitments from music companies to create a safe working environment…

Chris Cooke • 01 Mar 2024

Ja Rule says he told promoter criminal record could cause problems for now cancelled UK tour

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Ja Rule • 2 min read

Ja Rule says he told promoter criminal record could cause problems for now cancelled UK tour

Ja Rule’s upcoming UK tour was cancelled earlier this week after the rapper was refused permission to enter the country because of his criminal record. He insists he previously raised concerns about the impact of his criminal record with the tour’s promoter, but was told there wouldn’t be an issue…

Chris Cooke • 29 Feb 2024

UK music retail revenues reach record high, according to ERA stats

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UK music retail revenues reach record high, according to ERA stats

UK music retail revenues are out-performing the 2001 peak of the CD era, with ERA reporting that music retailers and streaming services generated £2223 million in revenues in the twelve months leading up to last week. Though there is still some way to go if you adjust 2001’s revenues for inflation…

Chris Cooke • 29 Feb 2024

Trademark dispute over Earth, Wind & Fire tribute shows back in court

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Earth, Wind & Fire • 2 min read

Trademark dispute over Earth, Wind & Fire tribute shows back in court

A company owned by the family of Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White wants summary judgement in its trademark legal battle with the promoters of tribute shows that involve musicians who previously performed with the band. It’s alleged that the marketing of the shows implies official status…

Chris Cooke • 29 Feb 2024

UK Music again calls for VAT cut on tickets ahead of budget statement

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UK Music • 2 min read

UK Music again calls for VAT cut on tickets ahead of budget statement

UK Music has again called for a cut to the VAT rate on tickets to help support a struggling live sector, noting that the VAT charged on tickets in the UK is nearly double the average across Europe. This comes ahead of UK Chancellor Of The Exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s latest budget statement next month…

Chris Cooke • 28 Feb 2024