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PopArabia's rights agency announces licensing deal with Anghami

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PopArabia • 1 min read

PopArabia's rights agency announces licensing deal with Anghami

Anghami, the MENA focused streaming service, has agreed a licensing deal with ESMAA, the rights management entity owned by PopArabia. It brings to an end a legal dispute between PopArabia and Anghami, and also includes rights from a number of other independent music publishers…

Chris Cooke • 13 Sep 2024

NO FAKES Act is a “blunt solution” that “goes too far” say tech companies

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NO FAKES Act • 3 min read

NO FAKES Act is a “blunt solution” that “goes too far” say tech companies

The NO FAKES Act in the US - seen by many in the music industry as a break-through legislative safe-guard against the threat of AI - is actually a bit rubbish. At least that’s what a group of signatories to a new letter say, adding that the new legislation could have unintended consequences…

Chris Cooke • 10 Sep 2024

Music publishers say “overwhelming evidence” against Anthropic means case must not be slimmed down

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Anthropic • 2 min read

Music publishers say “overwhelming evidence” against Anthropic means case must not be slimmed down

Anthropic recently tried to get a lawsuit filed against it by a group of music publishers trimmed down, citing other cases between copyright owners and AI businesses. The publishers have now insisted this case is different because of “overwhelming evidence” that Anthropic’s AI outputted their lyrics…

Chris Cooke • 09 Sep 2024

Previous music piracy judgements against ISPs were “wrong” says Verizon, and those legal arguments “are even less persuasive now”

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Previous music piracy judgements against ISPs were “wrong” says Verizon, and those legal arguments “are even less persuasive now”

The latest ISP to be sued by the majors has said that past judgements that held its rivals liable for their customers’ copyright infringement were wrong. Verizon also hopes a Supreme Court ruling that limited the liabilities of social media firms can be used as grounds to dismiss this copyright case…

Chris Cooke • 09 Sep 2024

The MLC’s lawsuit is “nonsensical”, “meritless and wasteful” and “denigrates” authors and the entire audiobooks industry, says Spotify’s latest filing in bundling dispute

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Spotify • 3 min read

The MLC’s lawsuit is “nonsensical”, “meritless and wasteful” and “denigrates” authors and the entire audiobooks industry, says Spotify’s latest filing in bundling dispute

Spotify has asked a US court to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it by The MLC as part of the big bundling discount dispute. By claiming that the audiobooks access that is now part of Spotify Premium doesn’t have more than token value, the MLC is disrespecting book authors, Spotify argues…

Chris Cooke • 29 Aug 2024

Digital replica law passed by California Senate to “protect next generation of performers” rights from AI exploitations

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AI • 2 min read

Digital replica law passed by California Senate to “protect next generation of performers” rights from AI exploitations

Law-makers in California have passed a new law that will stop studios and labels assuming that wide-ranging contract terms relating to ‘likeness rights’ mean they can generate digital replicas that imitate a performer’s voice, image or physical appearance without explicit permission…

Chris Cooke • 28 Aug 2024

Record industry welcomes takedown of eight piracy sites in Brazil

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Record industry welcomes takedown of eight piracy sites in Brazil

The Brazilian authorities have been running a new anti-piracy programme called Operation Redirect targeting torrent, stream-ripping and illegal download services in the country, with eight websites being taken down so far. It follows previous anti-piracy work under the banner Operation 404…

Chris Cooke • 28 Aug 2024