Grease parody show deemed fair use by US court
A US judge has ruled that sketch comedy group Sketchworks' parody musical 'Vape: The Musical' is fair use, not infringing the copyrights in 'Grease'.…
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One Liners: Coldplay, Corey Taylor, Fred Ball, more
Roundup of deals and appointments at Concord, Atlantic Records, Capitol and Utopia Music, plus Coldplay's new video and FAC Step Up Fund grant recipients.…
One Liners: Avril Lavigne, Fred Rister, The Streets, more
Roundup of publishing deals, appointments and new releases, including Reservoir's Fred Rister catalogue purchase and Avril Lavigne's new album.…
One Liners: Adele, Jonny Greenwood, Little Simz, more
Roundup including Exceleration's acquisition of Bloodshot Records, label appointments at Warner Records, Ingrooves and AEG, and Jonny Greenwood's soundtrack release.…
One Liners: St Vincent, Every Time I Die, Blossoms, more
A roundup of appointments and releases, including Warner Music Central Europe's leadership change and new music from St Vincent and Every Time I Die.…
One Liners: Spotify, Kanye West, Bleachers, more
Concord, Creative Nation and Pulse sign Lori McKenna, Primary Wave acquires Steve Kipner's catalogue, and Spotify reports strong Q2 subscriber growth.…
One Liners: Billie Eilish, The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, Dave, more
Concord Music Publishing signs Imanbek and promotes Justin Prakash, while Billie Eilish, The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, Dave and many others release new music.…
Everything Everything sign to Concord
Everything Everything have signed a publishing deal with Concord Music Publishing covering all their future music, following the release of their fifth album last year.…
CMU Digest 03.05.21: Tencent, Brexit, Downtown, Spotify, PRS
This week's round-up covers reports of a large Chinese competition fine against Tencent, a letter on post-Brexit touring, Downtown's song catalogue sale to Concord, and Spotify's price rises.…
Downtown sells its songs catalogue to Concord, puts focus on its services business
Downtown Music is selling its 145,000-song catalogue to Concord and will focus on its music services business, while Concord's rights holdings grow past 600,000 works.…
Fair use case over 'Grease' parody can proceed, court rules
A New York court has declined to dismiss a case seeking clarity on whether comedy show Vape: The Musical, a Grease parody, is protected by fair use or infringes the musical's copyright.…
One liners: Julian Casablancas, Daniel Avery, Laura Marling, more
Concord Music Publishing signs Julian Casablancas, Warner Music acquires Russian indie label Zhara, and Daniel Avery provides a soundtrack for a short film supporting CALM.…