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Songwriters' open letter to PRS in direct licensing dispute
The full text of the open letter written by songwriters to PRS as part of their dispute over direct licensing and rights withdrawal…
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MCPS looks back at a century of music licensing as it celebrates its 100th anniversary
UK mechanical rights collecting society MCPS is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Speaking at an event in London, Chair Jackie Alway discussed all the changes in the mechanical rights business over the last century, but said the aim of MCPS remains the same, standing up for copyright…
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AI lawsuit filed by music publishers in Tennessee move to California
When a group of music publishers filed a lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, they chose a court in Tennessee, as they all have offices in Nashville. Anthropic said the legal battle should be fought in its home state of California. A judge has considered that argument and sided with the AI company…
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PRS sued over “unreasonable and unnecessary hurdles” for writers directly licensing their live performances
PRS has been sued for a second time by its members. Dave Rowntree previously went legal over the black box, and now Robert Fripp, the Jesus & Mary Chain and others have filed a lawsuit over the “unreasonable and unnecessary hurdles” writers must cross when direct licensing their live performances…
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Indie publishers criticise digital platforms that “do not pay fair value for the music” in Global Music View
IMPF, the global trade group for independent publishers, has launched its annual market review, reporting that indies accounted for 26.7% of publishing sector revenues in 2022. It also sets out some key priorities and grievances for the publishers, including around AI, digital platforms and buy-outs…
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⏩ One Liners: RAK Publishing, FAC Artist Ambassadors, CIISA + more
Bella Figura snaps up RAK catalogue; Deezer does ad-sales deal with Global; Big Life Management promotions; new Artist Ambassadors for FAC; new music from Lambrini Girls, mui zyu, LYLO…
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ICMP launches rights reservations portal setting out the legal and moral obligations of AI companies
A new portal has been launched by the music publishing sector collating ‘rights reservations’ from music publishers which clearly state that those companies’ rights have been reserved from any data and text mining exceptions in copyright law, in particular the exception in European law…
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund is looking for a new company to value its catalogues
The company that valued the catalogues owned by the Hipgnosis Songs Fund has quit, it has emerged - Citrin Cooperman stood down from that role after the fund’s board raised concerns about the valuation it had calculated…
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund delays finance results because of catalogue valuation concerns
The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has delayed publication of its latest financial results because “the board has concerns as to the valuation of the company's assets”…
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund provides update on strategic review and legal battle with defunct Hipgnosis company
The Hipgnosis Songs Fund last week provided an update for investors on its ongoing strategic review and confirmed it is being sued by a previous and defunct Hipgnosis company that is now in the hands of a liquidator…
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beatBread now offer financing to songwriters secured on their publishing
Music funding platform beatBread last week announced that it is now offering finance to songwriters secured on their song rights, having previously focused on advancing cash to artists and labels secured on future recording revenues…
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Warner Chappell and Transgressive extend their publishing partnership
The Transgressive music publishing business has renewed its partnership with Warner Chappell - it has now worked with the major for seventeen years…