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Australian merch companies say they are owed $250,000 by Merchbar

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Australian merch companies say they are owed $250,000 by Merchbar

receiving payments from merch platform Mechbar late last year and are now owed more than $250,000. But a Merchbar spokesperson says those claims are “simply not accurate”…

Chris Cooke • 13 Jun 2024

Ministry of Sound label sued over Ride It remix

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Ministry Of Sound Recordings • 2 min read

Ministry of Sound label sued over Ride It remix

Ministry Of Sound Recordings has been sued over Regard’s remix of ‘Ride It’. The label that released the original says the remix substantially sampled its track without permission. Ministry ultimately re-recorded the sampled elements, but initially released it with the uncleared sample, it’s alleged…

Chris Cooke • 12 Jun 2024

Madonna accuses litigious fans of “harassment”

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Madonna accuses litigious fans of “harassment”

Last week lawyers working for two fans who sued Madonna over the late start time of one of her shows told the court a settlement had been reached with the musician and her promoter Live Nation. But, says a lawyer working for Madonna and Live Nation, that’s just not true…

Chris Cooke • 11 Jun 2024

Music Venue Trust seeks to gain political momentum with Manifesto For Grassroots Music

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Music Venue Trust seeks to gain political momentum with Manifesto For Grassroots Music

The Music Venue Trust is sending a manifesto to everyone standing in the UK General Election. The trade group is keen to maintain momentum following the election on things like introducing a ticket levy on large-scale shows to support the grassroots community, which was backed by MPs last month…

Chris Cooke • 11 Jun 2024

Court orders domain of unofficial Pink Floyd merch website to be disabled

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Court orders domain of unofficial Pink Floyd merch website to be disabled

Pink Floyd have secured a court order against an unofficial merch website which, they say, is infringing their trademarks and misleading fans. The court also says the rogue site’s domain name should be disabled…

Chris Cooke • 11 Jun 2024

Investors welcome Spotify price increases, big up the service’s “pricing power”

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Investors welcome Spotify price increases, big up the service’s “pricing power”

Spotify is increasing its prices for the second time in less than a year. Investors have welcomed the move, reckoning that it won’t negatively impact on total user numbers and will help Spotify in its ongoing bid to become a profitable business…

Chris Cooke • 10 Jun 2024

The COVID trend of late-in-the-day ticket purchases has continued, says Eventbrite

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The COVID trend of late-in-the-day ticket purchases has continued, says Eventbrite

Eventbrite last week shared some market insights based on the sale of tickets to US music events on its platform in the first four months of this year. Fans are still buying tickets later than they used to - a trend that began during the pandemic - while more promoters are offering VIP packages…

Chris Cooke • 10 Jun 2024

Free VIP Bad Bunny tickets are against the rules, says baseball player union

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Free VIP Bad Bunny tickets are against the rules, says baseball player union

Last year Bad Bunny and his manager set up a company called Rimas Sport which represents baseball players. But in April one of its agents was decertified by the baseball players’ union. In a resulting legal battle, Rimas has been accused of “grave violations” of the union’s rules…

Chris Cooke • 10 Jun 2024

Warner hires new acquisitions chief to gobble up distros

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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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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 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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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