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Music industry welcomes proposed new laws to help performers protect their voices and likeness from AI clones

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Music industry welcomes proposed new laws to help performers protect their voices and likeness from AI clones

Proposals have been introduced in the US House Of Representatives - and in the state of Tennessee - that will allow artists to control the use of their voice in the context of AI…

Chris Cooke • 11 Jan 2024

SAG-AFTRA hails “groundbreaking” voice clone agreement with AI company Replica

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SAG-AFTRA hails “groundbreaking” voice clone agreement with AI company Replica

American performer union SAG-AFTRA has announced “a groundbreaking AI voice agreement” with Replica Studios that, it says, “paves the way for professional voice over artists to safely explore new employment opportunities for their digital voice replicas”…

Chris Cooke • 10 Jan 2024

Lucian Grainge's 2024 memo to Universal Music Group staff

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Lucian Grainge's 2024 memo to Universal Music Group staff

Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge has published his traditional new year message to the company’s staff. In it, he highlights successes in 2023 and looks ahead at what’s to come in 2024. Read the whole message in full here…

CMU • 10 Jan 2024

SoundCloud private equity owners mulling $1 billion sale

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SoundCloud private equity owners mulling $1 billion sale

The owners of SoundCloud are considering selling the company in a deal that could be worth over $1 billion…

Chris Cooke • 08 Jan 2024

Spotify France says streaming tax to support artists is "monumental error", may "disinvest" from France

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Spotify France says streaming tax to support artists is "monumental error", may "disinvest" from France

The French government has confirmed a new tax will be applied to music streaming services from next year to fund the Centre National De La Musique - a move strongly opposed by Spotify and the other digital music companies…

Chris Cooke • 15 Dec 2023

TikTok rolls out Add To Music Apps tool into nineteen more countries

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TikTok rolls out Add To Music Apps tool into nineteen more countries

TikTok has rolled out the Add To Music App tool that allows users to save tracks they discover on the social media platform to their personal libraries on streaming services like Spotify and Amazon Music…

Chris Cooke • 15 Dec 2023

Universal Music integrates with Beat Galaxy music hub on Roblox

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Universal Music integrates with Beat Galaxy music hub on Roblox

Universal Music has announced a partnership with virtual world experts Supersocial to build a music hub on Roblox - Yungblud is the first Universal-signed artist set to participate…

Chris Cooke • 15 Dec 2023

Spotify won't exit Uruguay following clarification to new ER rule in copyright

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Spotify won't exit Uruguay following clarification to new ER rule in copyright

Spotify will not now exit the Uruguayan market after the country’s government clarified that labels and distributors, not streaming services, will be responsible for new equitable remuneration payments for performers…

Chris Cooke • 14 Dec 2023

European Commission set to force changes to Apple's rules around in-app payments

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European Commission set to force changes to Apple's rules around in-app payments

The European Commission is putting the finishing touches to a ruling on Apple’s App Store rules following the lengthy investigation that was instigated by a complaint by Spotify five years ago…

Chris Cooke • 14 Dec 2023

Apple to provide royalty boost to tracks delivered in Dolby Atmos

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Apple to provide royalty boost to tracks delivered in Dolby Atmos

Apple Music is planning on paying a higher royalty on tracks delivered to the streaming service in spatial audio formats, even if users opt to listen in the standard format…

Sam Taylor • 13 Dec 2023

Epic wins its app store rule legal battle against Google

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Epic wins its app store rule legal battle against Google

Fortnite owner Epic Games has won in its legal battle over Google’s app store policies, which may force a change to the rules around in-app payments - though the web giant will appeal the judgement…

Chris Cooke • 12 Dec 2023

Swiss collecting society SUISA's digital licensing hub sues X

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Swiss collecting society SUISA's digital licensing hub sues X

SUISA Digital - the digital licensing hub owned by Swiss collecting society SUISA - has sued X for copyright infringement, meaning the social media firm is now fighting the music industry in both the US and German courts…

Chris Cooke • 08 Dec 2023