CMU Selects - last week’s standout releases
From Lana Del Rey’s soft new single to SHERELLE’s high-energy debut album, here’s what stood out last week among the latest releases.…
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
Boom Radio welcomes OfCom ruling blocking BBC’s plans for golden oldies radio station
Media regulator OfCom has told the BBC that it can’t launch a new Radio 2 spin-off station playing music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The planned new station was heavily criticised by commercial golden oldies station Boom Radio, which said the planned new BBC service would be unfair competition…
South Korean police arrest eight over HYBE artist deepfakes
Police in South Korea have arrested eight people in relation to deepfake videos featuring the likeness of artists represented by K-pop company HYBE. It’s part of HYBE’s ongoing work to combat harmful content targeting or featuring its artists, which includes a particular focus on deepfakes…
🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Camille Lummis
As part of our Horizon Future Leaders series of interviews, we are connecting with the music industry’s next generation of leaders to gather candid advice and insights into their career journeys. This week, we caught up with Camille Lummis, Copyright & Catalogue Manager at Involved Publishing.…
Ad regulator criticises Viagogo over Ed Balls advertorial
Viagogo has been given yet another slap on this wrist - this time over a misleading promotional segment as part of the ‘Political Currency’ podcast from Westminster double act Ed Balls and George Osborne. Unsurprisingly it turns out that “over half the events” on Viagogo are not, in fact, a steal…
Music industry, movie studios and tech companies welcome reintroduction of digital replica right creating NO FAKES Act in Congress
The music industry has welcomed the reintroduction of the NO FAKES Act in US Congress, which will introduce a new right allowing performers to control their voice and likeness in the context of AI. Some tech and digital companies are supportive too, though others still have some concerns…
🎧Approved: DBA!
DBA! slither between lo-fi indie rock and fractured psych-folk, with vocals that feel like they’re floating in from a neighbour’s house party. Their latest single ‘D.P.D.’ is a woozy, low-stakes toe-tapper.…
Diddy lawyers want to block testimony from additional accusers in sex trafficking trial
Diddy’s criminal trial kicks off next month. Four alleged victims are involved in the case, but prosecutors want to call other people who accuse the musician of sexual assault to the witness stand. His lawyers object, saying the prosecution just wants to “pollute the trial with decades of dirt”…
Popular Dominican artist Rubby Pérez among those who died in venue roof collapse tragedy
Merengue artist Rubby Pérez was among those who died when the roof collapsed at the Santo Domingo venue where he was performing in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Officials confirmed today that at least 113 people died during the tragedy at the Dominican Republic capital’s Jet Set night club…
Eventim plays down court ruling restricting how it promotes ticket insurance
A German court recently told ticketing company CTS Eventim to change the way it promotes ticket insurance when people buy tickets on its platform after a consumer rights group argued it was breaching EU law. However, Eventim says the ruling only relates to the specific language it has used…
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