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Prince • 2 min read

Prince estate dispute goes legal

The music industry executives involved in Prince Legacy, one of the businesses that manages the Prince estate, have filed a lawsuit against some of the late musician’s family members in a dispute over how their company is run…

Chris Cooke • 12 Jan 2024

Bytedance to shut down Resso in India following government ban

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TikTok • 2 min read

Bytedance to shut down Resso in India following government ban

TikTok owner Bytedance is shutting down music service Resso in India after the country’s government demanded it be removed from app stores. In other countries Resso has already been replaced by TikTok Music, but that hasn’t happening in India where the main TikTok platform is banned…

Chris Cooke • 12 Jan 2024

US Congress told to clarify AI training is not fair use and the market can sort out everything else

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AI • 2 min read

US Congress told to clarify AI training is not fair use and the market can sort out everything else

Another session on AI took place in US Congress yesterday, this time looking at the impact of AI on journalism - unsurprisingly the publishers taking part were adamant that training an AI model with existing content does not constitute fair use under American copyright law…

Chris Cooke • 11 Jan 2024

Music industry welcomes proposed new laws to help performers protect their voices and likeness from AI clones

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Music industry welcomes proposed new laws to help performers protect their voices and likeness from AI clones

Proposals have been introduced in the US House Of Representatives - and in the state of Tennessee - that will allow artists to control the use of their voice in the context of AI…

Chris Cooke • 11 Jan 2024

Bauer to phase out fifteen local radio brands as Hits Radio expands

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Bauer Media • 2 min read

Bauer to phase out fifteen local radio brands as Hits Radio expands

Bauer Media will rebrand fifteen of its local radio stations under the Hits Radio name in April - it won’t change programming but does mean a number of local radio brands that have been on the air since the 1970s or 1980s will be phased out…

Chris Cooke • 11 Jan 2024

SAG-AFTRA hails “groundbreaking” voice clone agreement with AI company Replica

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SAG-AFTRA hails “groundbreaking” voice clone agreement with AI company Replica

American performer union SAG-AFTRA has announced “a groundbreaking AI voice agreement” with Replica Studios that, it says, “paves the way for professional voice over artists to safely explore new employment opportunities for their digital voice replicas”…

Chris Cooke • 10 Jan 2024

UK’s Advertising Standards Authority raps Viagogo over NME paid editorial

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Viagogo • 2 min read

UK’s Advertising Standards Authority raps Viagogo over NME paid editorial

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints made against two advertorial pieces written by Viagogo and published by NME, because they failed to point out that touted tickets for the shows mentioned in the articles could be cancelled by the relevant promoters…

Chris Cooke • 10 Jan 2024

LA Reid wants Adult Survivors Act sexual assault lawsuit against him to be scaled back

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LA Reid wants Adult Survivors Act sexual assault lawsuit against him to be scaled back

LA Reid has formally responded to the sexual assault lawsuit filed by a former colleague from his time running Arista Records - he denies all the allegations and says that some of the claims in the litigation are barred by the statute of limitations…

Chris Cooke • 10 Jan 2024

Warner Music boss talks streaming model and super-fans in start-of-year memo

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Warner Music • 2 min read

Warner Music boss talks streaming model and super-fans in start-of-year memo

Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl has sent a memo to his staff setting out a vision for the next ten years in the music business - putting the focus on boosting engagement, increasing the value of music and evolving how the major’s teams work together…

Chris Cooke • 09 Jan 2024

OpenAI responds to NYT lawsuit - says training is fair use, "regurgitations" are rare

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Open AI • 2 min read

OpenAI responds to NYT lawsuit - says training is fair use, "regurgitations" are rare

OpenAI has published a blog post responding to the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against it by the New York Times. It insists - once again - that its use of existing content to train an AI model is fair use, while bigging up its collaborations with other content owners…

Chris Cooke • 09 Jan 2024

UK music retail brought in £2.2 billion in 2023 says ERA

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UK music retail brought in £2.2 billion in 2023 says ERA

Total UK revenues generated by retailers and digital platforms in music, video and games in 2023 were up 7% to £11.87 billion - video saw the highest levels of growth and is now outperforming gaming once again…

Chris Cooke • 09 Jan 2024

SoundCloud private equity owners mulling $1 billion sale

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SoundCloud • 2 min read

SoundCloud private equity owners mulling $1 billion sale

The owners of SoundCloud are considering selling the company in a deal that could be worth over $1 billion…

Chris Cooke • 08 Jan 2024