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Music services hit out at Apple’s plan to comply with EU in-app linking decision, call on European Commission to act

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Apple • 3 min read

Music services hit out at Apple’s plan to comply with EU in-app linking decision, call on European Commission to act

Apple is having to change its anti-steering provision, which previously stopped app developers from sign-posting alternative payment options, in both the EU and US. But the way it is making that change has been criticised, both in a letter to the European Commission and a court hearing in California…

Chris Cooke • 09 May 2024

TikTok sues the US government over sell-or-be-banned law

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TikTok • 4 min read

TikTok sues the US government over sell-or-be-banned law

TikTok has filed its lawsuit to try to block the sell-or-be-banned law that was recently passed by US Congress. It insists that it is not practical for China-based owner ByteDance to sell TikTok, even just within the US, meaning the new law is a ban. And that ban, it argues, is unconstitutional…

Chris Cooke • 08 May 2024

⏩ One Liners: Travis Scott, BRIT School, Blur + more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 4 min read

⏩ One Liners: Travis Scott, BRIT School, Blur + more

BRIT School, Rough Trade, Marshall deals; Restore The Music ambassador; Astroworld trial; Pomitni joins IMPALA; Generator x MMF; Gabb Music+; ARIAS winners; HOME co-working; Amy Winehouse BRIT Billion; Travis Scott UK shows; Blur documentary; new music from Hinds, Koreless, Kokoko!, Keeley Forsyth…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 08 May 2024

OfCom should use Online Safety Act powers to force Facebook to act on ticket scams, says Which?

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Facebook • 2 min read

OfCom should use Online Safety Act powers to force Facebook to act on ticket scams, says Which?

Which? says that OfCom should take action against social media platforms that fail to deal with ticketing scam posts as it implements the new UK Online Safety Act. The consumer rights group was responding to a BBC report about the sale of fake Taylor Swift tickets via hacked Facebook accounts…

Chris Cooke • 08 May 2024

Viagogo ruling in New Zealand demonstrates the need for tighter touting regulation, say campaigners

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Viagogo • 3 min read

Viagogo ruling in New Zealand demonstrates the need for tighter touting regulation, say campaigners

Last week it was confirmed that the high court in New Zealand has ruled against Viagogo following an eight year investigation by the country’s Commerce Commission. Anti-touting campaigners in Europe have welcomed the ruling, but say it demonstrates why better regulation of ticket resale is required…

Chris Cooke • 08 May 2024

Goldman Sachs analysts upbeat about music industry after a “turning point” year

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Goldman Sachs • 4 min read

Goldman Sachs analysts upbeat about music industry after a “turning point” year

Goldman Sachs has published its annual ‘Music In The Air’ report, reviewing the wider music sector and making predictions through to 2030. Streaming price rises, AI and superfan opportunities, and a resurgent live sector mean analysts have increased their predicted annual growth rate to 7.6%…

Chris Cooke • 07 May 2024

Quarter of French VPN users use the tool to access illegal content, says new study

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Arcom • 2 min read

Quarter of French VPN users use the tool to access illegal content, says new study

French government agency Arcom has published a study looking at the use of VPNs to circumvent anti-piracy web-blocks. They are definitely used for accessing blocked sites, although circumventing web-blocks is not a key motivating factor for employing a VPN…

Chris Cooke • 07 May 2024

Judge declines to order new trial in Miles Davis tattoo copyright case

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Kat Von D • 2 min read

Judge declines to order new trial in Miles Davis tattoo copyright case

Earlier this year, a jury ruled that celebrity tattooist Kat Von D had not infringed the copyright in a Miles Davis photo that she had used as a guide when creating a tattoo of the musician. The photographer hoped to overturn that ruling, but a judge has knocked back his request for a new trial…

Chris Cooke • 07 May 2024

Setlist Podcast: Calls for urgent new AI laws in UK and US

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Setlist • 4 min read

Setlist Podcast: Calls for urgent new AI laws in UK and US

Politicians, artists and industry reps say there is an urgent need for new AI laws, UMG and TikTok are best buds again, and more…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 04 May 2024

Universal boss Lucian Grainge talks up the new TikTok deal which “will protect the integrity and value of human artistry”

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TikTok • 2 min read

Universal boss Lucian Grainge talks up the new TikTok deal which “will protect the integrity and value of human artistry”

Following the news that Universal Music has agreed a new licensing deal with TikTok, boss man Lucian Grainge has sent a memo out to this staff. He confirms that the new deal addresses the major’s concerns around money and platform safety, and especially AI…

Chris Cooke • 03 May 2024

Astroworld trial delayed as Apple insists it's a news organisation

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Astroworld • 2 min read

Astroworld trial delayed as Apple insists it's a news organisation

Apple is very keen to get itself removed as a defendant in the Astroworld litigation. Its attempts to do that through an appeals court means that the first trial relating to the crowd surge tragedy that occurred at the 2021 edition of the festival, due to start next week, has been stayed…

Chris Cooke • 03 May 2024

TikTok returns to court in ongoing bid to block Montana ban

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TikTok • 2 min read

TikTok returns to court in ongoing bid to block Montana ban

TikTok has filed new legal papers with the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court as part of ongoing efforts to block a TikTok ban that was introduced in the US state of Montana. It sets out some of the arguments TikTok will use in court when trying to block the new US-wide sell-or-be-banned law…

Chris Cooke • 03 May 2024