BIMM University launches AI-centric course
BIMM University has announced a new course focused on the “interplay between human creativity and AI” - with Google’s Cloud AI Leader Warren Barkley appointed as a Visiting Professor…
Spotify unwraps Wrapped - assigns everyone a Sound Town
Spotify Wrapped went live for 2023 yesterday with every user being assigned a Sound Town - a town or city selected based on what music they have listened to this year…
European Parliament committee calls for new EU rules to regulate streaming
The Culture Committee in the European Parliament has called for new rules in the European Union in relation to music streaming, seeking more transparency about streaming service algorithms and forcing platforms to better credit music-makers and rightsholders…
⏩ One Liners: Richard Ashcroft, Nadine Shah, Music Technology UK + more
ZZ Top’s Bill Gibbons signs to Spirit Music; Audoo and Peermusic deals; new trade body Music Technology UK launches; new music from Nadine Shah, Chelsea Wolfe, Sevdaliza and Donna Thompson; Richard Ashcroft homecoming show…
Brazil-led anti-piracy initiative hails successes
Operation 404, an anti-piracy scheme led by the Brazilian government, has published an update on its work tackling stream-ripping sites and unlicensed MP3 download apps…
iHeartMedia confirms incoming $100 million pay day as a result of BMI sale
The boss of SoundExchange has used the news that US radio giant iHeartMedia stands to make about $100 million from the sale of BMI to again big up the American Music Fairness Act…
Diddy steps back from Chair role at Revolt as he fights two sexual assault lawsuits
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has stepped down as Chair of Revolt, the media company he co-founded, as he battles allegations of sexual assault in two lawsuits filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act…
Cloudflare must block piracy site, German court confirms
A court in Cologne has confirmed an earlier ruling that internet services firm Cloudflare must block a copyright infringing music site from its CDN services, but not on its DNS resolver 1.1.1.1…
Live Nation increases minimum wages at club venues as part of On The Road Again programme
Live Nation has announced that it is increasing minimum wages at its club venues in the US as part of its On The Road Again scheme…
Stolen Penny Lane sign returned by Beatles fan 44 years on
A sign stolen from Liverpool’s Penny Lane by a group of “worse for wear” Beatles fans in 1976 has been returned to the city. A local councillor said they would not launch criminal proceedings, instead choosing to “let it be”…
AI firm Anthropic seeks dismissal of music publisher lawsuit on jurisdiction grounds
AI company Anthropic has called for a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against it by a group of music publishers to be dismissed on jurisdiction grounds…
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