🎧 Approved in 2024
Listen to every track we've featured in CMU's 'Approved' slot in 2024 – and see our top tracks from this year's selection.…
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
Universal continues its plan to eat the entire world, buys Downtown Music
Universal is buying Downtown Music for a whopping $775 million, via its Virgin Music Group stalking horse. The transaction will greatly boost the major’s distribution market share, and is almost certain to get mired in regulatory scrutiny with opposition already being voiced by AIM and other indies…
Congress warns Apple and Google: get ready to boot TikTok from US app stores
After a Washington DC court declined to overturn or even pause the US law that says TikTok will be banned unless current owner ByteDance sells the app by 19 Jan, two Congress members have now told Apple and Google to prepare to remove TikTok from their respective app stores…
Creative industries demand copyright control as UK plans AI shake-up
With the UK government expected to launch another consultation on AI and copyright tomorrow, a new coalition has formed bringing together organisations from across the wider creative and copyright industries. It says that the UK must maintain a “robust copyright framework” in the AI era…
⏩ Releases & Tours: Dec 2024 (Week 50)
Each week CMU rounds up standout releases and tour announcements from the last seven days. This week: Big piig, Röyksopp, Shygirl, Saint Etienne + more, while tour announcements include Mustafa, Turnover and others…
Majors labels' primary physical distributor Utopia Distribution Services collapses
Physical distribution business UDS has collapsed after its Swiss parent Utopia Music was forced into bankruptcy. UDS apparently owed millions to landlord DP World - which is now taking ownership of the company's assets. But why?…
Court declines to dismiss sex assault lawsuit against Garth Brooks, after accuser accused the country star of “forum shopping”
A Californian court has declined to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed against Garth Brooks. He has also sued his accuser through the courts in Mississippi and says she should make her allegations in a counterclaim to that lawsuit. She argued that that amounted to unfair “forum shopping”…
Quad9 vows to fight “absurd” web-block injunction in France
DNS resolver Quad9 has been hit with a web-blocking injunction in France, forcing it to block access to sports piracy sites following legal action by Canal+. However, Quad9 previously successfully appealed web-blocks requested by Sony Music in Germany and says it intends to do the same in France…
Universal forms partnership with marketing group WPP
Universal Music and marketing agency group WPP have announced a big old partnership that will see them working together on “cutting-edge audience engagement strategies” for brand clients, using data, technology and “the power of music” along the way…
🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Robert Kilpatrick Q&A
As part of our Horizon Future Leaders series, we’re 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 Robert Kilpatrick, CEO and Creative Director of the Scottish Music Industry Association.…
TikTok’s attempt to delay ban is just a rehash of previously rejected arguments says US government
TikTok wants a Washington DC court to delay a 19 Jan deadline for owner ByteDance to sell the app, so it can take its battle against the law that set that deadline to the Supreme Court. The US government says that’s not necessary because the Supreme Court itself can pause the deadline if required…
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