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NewJeans ditch deal with Ador to avoid “mental distress”, but Ador says contract “remains in full effect”

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NewJeans • 3 min read

NewJeans ditch deal with Ador to avoid “mental distress”, but Ador says contract “remains in full effect”

Earlier this month NewJeans demanded that their label Ador address a list of grievances. It having failed to do so, the K-pop group says their deal with the company has been terminated. Unsurprisingly, Ador does not agree…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2024

Australia passes social media ban for under sixteens

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Australia passes social media ban for under sixteens

A new law in Australia will ban under sixteens from using social media. The country’s Parliament has backed the ban despite criticisms that it will be hard to enforce and that young people themselves haven’t been properly consulted…

Chris Cooke • 29 Nov 2024

More anti-piracy web-blocks issued in France against Cloudflare and Google DNS resolvers

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More anti-piracy web-blocks issued in France against Cloudflare and Google DNS resolvers

Earlier this year French broadcaster Canal+ secured a web-blocking order forcing three DNS resolvers to block access to sports piracy websites. On the back of that win it has secured yet more web-blocks, despite the tech companies insisting that forcing web-blocking on DNS resolvers is a bad idea…

Chris Cooke • 28 Nov 2024

Diddy’s latest bail attempt denied by judge because of “serious risk of witness tampering” - despite $50 million bond

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Diddy • 2 min read

Diddy’s latest bail attempt denied by judge because of “serious risk of witness tampering” - despite $50 million bond

Diddy’s third attempt to get bail has failed, despite him offering to pay a $50 million bond. The judge said there is a serious risk of witness tampering if Diddy is allowed to await trial on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking under house arrest rather than in jail…

Chris Cooke • 28 Nov 2024

New AI transparency proposal in US Congress will “pave the way” for creator compensation says ASCAP boss

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Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

New AI transparency proposal in US Congress will “pave the way” for creator compensation says ASCAP boss

The music industry has welcomed new proposals in US Congress that will allow copyright owners to subpoena generative AI companies to find out what content has been used when training their models. The transparency proposals have been made by Senator Peter Welch in the TRAIN Act…

Chris Cooke • 27 Nov 2024

Signposting youtube-dl streamripper not allowed confirms German appeals court, as US Supreme Court weighs in on majors v Cox

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Signposting youtube-dl streamripper not allowed confirms German appeals court, as US Supreme Court weighs in on majors v Cox

A German appeals court has upheld a ruling secured by the record industry ordering Uberspace to takedown a website about stream-ripping code youtube-dl. Meanwhile the US Supreme Court has invited the Solicitor General to share her views on the big legal battle between the majors and ISP Cox…

Chris Cooke • 26 Nov 2024

“Offensive and untrue” says Universal Music after Drake accuses major of streaming fraud in Kendrick beef

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“Offensive and untrue” says Universal Music after Drake accuses major of streaming fraud in Kendrick beef

Drake has accused Universal Music of employing stream manipulation and other dodgy marketing tactics to boost the streams of Kendrick Lamar’s Drake-dissing ‘Not Like Us’. The major insists those claims, made in two legal filings with courts in New York and Texas, are “offensive and untrue”…

Chris Cooke • 26 Nov 2024

Fred Durst’s $200 million lawsuit against Universal “based on a fallacy”, says the major

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Fred Durst’s $200 million lawsuit against Universal “based on a fallacy”, says the major

In October, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst accused Universal Music of operating a system to “conceal artists’ royalties and keep those profits for itself”. He also wants to terminate his old deals with the major. In a formal response, Universal says Durst’s claims are “based on a fallacy”…

Chris Cooke • 26 Nov 2024

“This is art, I am like Picasso” screamed Kanye as he sexually assaulted model alleges new lawsuit, naming Universal Music

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Kanye West • 3 min read

“This is art, I am like Picasso” screamed Kanye as he sexually assaulted model alleges new lawsuit, naming Universal Music

Yet another lawsuit against Kanye West, this time alleging a violent sexual assault against a performer on a music video for Polydor-signed artist La Roux, when Kayne was signed to Def Jam. With those labels both subsidiaries of Universal Music, the major has been named in the lawsuit…

Chris Cooke • 25 Nov 2024

Judge says Zync’s falling out with Round Hill Music should not be in court

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Round Hill Music • 4 min read

Judge says Zync’s falling out with Round Hill Music should not be in court

Earlier this year sync agency Zync sued Round Hill Music in a dispute over a former joint venture business. At the core of the dispute was the valuation of the rights acquired by that JV. A judge has now said that that issue should be decided through an ‘appraisal process’ rather than in court…

Chris Cooke • 25 Nov 2024

AEG keen to reignite Young Thug breach of contract case, but needs time to do more copyright investigations

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Young Thug • 2 min read

AEG keen to reignite Young Thug breach of contract case, but needs time to do more copyright investigations

AEG is looking to resume a legal battle with Young Thug now that the rapper is out of jail. It previously sued over a breached contract and unreturned $5 million advance. AEG says that advance is secured on the rapper’s copyrights and it’s currently working out who is in control of those rights…

Chris Cooke • 21 Nov 2024

Ed Sheeran song-theft case should be reconsidered because of fishy Supreme Court ruling, says SAS

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Ed Sheeran • 3 min read

Ed Sheeran song-theft case should be reconsidered because of fishy Supreme Court ruling, says SAS

The Second Circuit Appeals Court recently ruled that Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ doesn’t rip off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’. But the company involved in that lawsuit says a recent US Supreme Court ruling impacts on a copyright technicality that could change that judgement…

Chris Cooke • 20 Nov 2024