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Music industry legal news coverage • 1 min read

Songwriters to express concerns about EC proposals for more collecting society competition

Songwriters will travel to Brussels to voice concerns over rumoured European Commission plans to push collecting societies into a price-based competition.…

CMU Editorial • 02 Jul 2008

Deals • 2 min read

Web world responds to Microsoft's Yahoo! takeover bid

Microsoft's $44.6 billion unsolicited takeover approach for Yahoo! has drawn scrutiny from US Congress and the EU, and opposition from Google.…

CMU Editorial • 04 Feb 2008

Deals • 2 min read

Apple pledge UK iTunes pricing to fall in line with rest of EU

Apple will bring UK iTunes prices in line with the rest of Europe within six months, following a European Commission investigation.…

CMU Editorial • 10 Jan 2008

Music industry legal news coverage • 1 min read

SonyBMG merger approved again

The European Commission has again cleared the merger of Sony Corp and Bertelsmann's recorded music businesses to form SonyBMG, with no conditions attached.…

CMU Editorial • 03 Oct 2007