CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise last week, from Kneecap and Paul Hartnoll, Big Thief, Celeste, Tame Impala and NewDad…
Artificial Intelligence
EU AI Act
European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (ECSA)
International Artist Organisation
Henna Virkkunen
Glenn MIcallef
Music industry legal news coverage
EU AI Act can only provide a “temporary fix” to the “darker aspect” of AI’s “profound disruption” to creative industries says open letter
Plethora of tech companies and organisations back Cox as Supreme Court considers billion dollar music piracy case
American ISP Cox Communications wants the US Supreme Court to overturn the billion dollar music piracy judgement secured against it by the major labels. Last week loads of tech companies and trade organisations, and the US DoJ, made filings with the top court backing Cox and its legal arguments…
SoundExchange appeals ruling that says it can’t file lawsuits when licensees fail to pay all the royalties that are due
Last month a US judge threw out a royalties lawsuit filed by collecting society SoundExchange against satellite broadcaster Sirius XM, concluding that society doesn’t actually have the right to sue its licensees. SoundExchange says that ruling was “erroneous” and is now taking the matter to appeal…
Universal’s Downtown deal must be blocked by regulators before “cultural diversity is weakened irreversibly” says Dutch indie label group president
The debate over Universal’s bid to buy Downtown continues. Kees van Weijen, President of Dutch indie label group STOMP and board member at IMPALA, has set out why he believes the EU competition regulator needs to step in before market consolidation irreversibly weakens cultural diversity in Europe…
Lyrics giants’ faceoff will proceed in US courts as judge refuses to dismiss LyricFind v Musixmatch lawsuit
Musixmatch has failed to get an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by rival LyricFind dismissed. As a result, the litigation will now proceed. LyricFind claims that an exclusivity deal between Musixmatch and Warner Chappell was anticompetitive and designed to scupper its deal with Spotify…
🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Isabella Mimi
This week we caught up with Isabella Mimi, Creative Strategy Lead at Your Culture and Four Four Digital, and part of a new generation redefining how artists connect with fans.…
🎧 Approved: Milo Korbenski
Imagine a flickering arcade in Brighton at 2am: music seeps from the speakers, boxy torn-cone distortion and octave-dropped vocals coalescing with synths. That’s Milo Korbenski, a figure as enigmatic as his sound. New single ‘Bedrock’ shifts the pace into indie slacker-ballad territory…
As EU hits pause on UMG Downtown investigation after “parties fail to provide important info”, Downtown boss whines about “misinformation”
More Downtown drama as the EU says it has not received an “important piece of information” it needs to investigate UMG’s acquisition, while Downtown’s boss whines about indie “misinformation”. The real question is: why are Universal-aligned execs so scared of IMPALA and other indie trade bodies?…
Music Industry + Music Education Conference to return to Manchester
CMU’s Pathways Into Music Foundation presents an annual conference bringing together music industry and music education. This year’s edition will put the spotlight on music career resources; accreditation in music education and the industry; and how music companies can best support future talent…
UK live music spend reached £6.68 billion last year, but challenges remain
Trade group LIVE has published its annual report providing stats on the UK live music sector, in which consumer spend rose 9.5% to £6.68 billion last year. However, while the upper end of live is booming, those operating at the grassroots are struggling and need more government support…
More upheaval at Warner Music as UK label chiefs will report directly to US execs
Warner Music has announced a big rejig at its UK business, following the news CEO Tony Harlow is standing down. He won’t be replaced, with UK label bosses now reporting into their US counterparts, including Elliot Grainge, while operational teams will report into EMEA President Simon Robson…
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