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CMU Digest: Spotify’s dramatic downsizing, MVT’s call for a ticket levy + more

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CMU Digest • 5 min read

CMU Digest: Spotify’s dramatic downsizing, MVT’s call for a ticket levy + more

In this week's digest: Spotify confirms job cuts that will impact on 17% of its workforce, MVT calls for a compulsory ticket levy to support grassroots venues as Moles in Bath closes, a controversial copyright ruling in the Norwegian Supreme Court + more…

Chris Cooke • 10 Dec 2023

Setlist Podcast: Grassroots venues need ticket levy to survive

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Music Venue Trust • 4 min read

Setlist Podcast: Grassroots venues need ticket levy to survive

Calls for government support for the grassroots live music industry as more venues and festivals close, and the next evolution of Kiss…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 08 Dec 2023

Music industry responds to ticketing regulation developments in US Congress

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Ticketing • 2 min read

Music industry responds to ticketing regulation developments in US Congress

The music industry has welcomed developments in US Congress this week regarding two sets of proposals to better regulate the ticketing sector…

Chris Cooke • 08 Dec 2023

Norwegian Supreme Court copyright ruling “has dire consequences”, according to one artist involved in the case

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Copyright • 3 min read

Norwegian Supreme Court copyright ruling “has dire consequences”, according to one artist involved in the case

A ruling in the Norwegian Supreme Court over who owns the rights in recordings made by online collaborators working in different countries should, says one of the collaborators involve in the case, “worry any artist that is working with Norwegian labels and musicians”…

Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor • 08 Dec 2023

Swiss collecting society SUISA's digital licensing hub sues X

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X • 1 min read

Swiss collecting society SUISA's digital licensing hub sues X

SUISA Digital - the digital licensing hub owned by Swiss collecting society SUISA - has sued X for copyright infringement, meaning the social media firm is now fighting the music industry in both the US and German courts…

Chris Cooke • 08 Dec 2023

Indie labels suggest delaying Spotify's royalty payout revamp to allow proper consultation

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Spotify • 2 min read

Indie labels suggest delaying Spotify's royalty payout revamp to allow proper consultation

Indie label repping IMPALA has published a list of questions about Spotify’s plans to change the way it allocates revenue to each track each month - in particular seeking clarity on and proposing refinements for the new 1000 play threshold…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

Record industry tells US Copyright Office training AI with existing music is "rarely, if ever, fair use"

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AI • 2 min read

Record industry tells US Copyright Office training AI with existing music is "rarely, if ever, fair use"

The American record industry has submitted a ‘reply comment’ to the US Copyright Office’s AI inquiry, again hitting out at the suggestion that using existing music to train a generative AI model constitutes ‘fair use’…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

A fourth woman accuses Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual assault

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Diddy • 2 min read

A fourth woman accuses Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual assault

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been sued by a fourth woman who accuses him of sexual assault in relation to an alleged incident at his New York studio in 2003…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

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Tidal • 1 min read

Tidal lays off 10% of its staff

Following Spotify’s announcement that it will reduce its global workforce by 17%, Tidal has made 10% of its staff redundant as part of wider downsizing at parent company Block…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

MLC unveils network of five partners to help with matching work

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MLC • 1 min read

MLC unveils network of five partners to help with matching work

US mechanical rights collecting society The MLC has unveiled a network of five partners to help with the matching process that gets songwriters paid when their music is streamed…

Chris Cooke • 07 Dec 2023

Nozstock festival to end after 2024 edition, prompting new call for government support for festival sector

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Nozstock • 2 min read

Nozstock festival to end after 2024 edition, prompting new call for government support for festival sector

Nozstock has announced that it will end after its 2024 edition because the financial risks of staging boutique festivals is now too great - prompting the Association Of Independent Festivals to again call on the UK government to introduce a cut in VAT on tickets…

Chris Cooke • 06 Dec 2023

Spotify confirms the cost of its dramatic downsizing, cancels two in-house podcasts

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Spotify • 3 min read

Spotify confirms the cost of its dramatic downsizing, cancels two in-house podcasts

Spotify has confirmed that the dramatic downsizing of its workforce announced earlier this week will cost the company up to €145 million…

Chris Cooke & Sam Taylor • 06 Dec 2023