Op-ed: Jonathan Coote of Bray & Krais on AI and fair use
What Suno and Udio’s legal defences tell us about AI + fair use As reported at the beginning of August, Suno and Udio have now filed their defences in the…
Chaotic scramble for Oasis tickets puts dynamic pricing in the spotlight of upcoming government inquiry
Dynamic pricing in the ticketing sector is very much in the spotlight following the rush to get tickets for the big Oasis reunion over the weekend, which saw lengthy online…
Playboi Carti didn’t issue malicious takedown in beat beef, court rules
A US court has ruled that Playboi Carti and Universal Music did not knowingly issue an improper copyright takedown notice against a video on Twitter because the rapper was annoyed…
⏩ Releases & Tour News Friday 30 Aug
Releases & Tours Strandz and Unknown T have collaborated on new single ‘They Wish’. Coco & Clair Clair have released their new album ‘Girl’. Niko B has released his new…
⏩ One Liners: deals, digital, legal and live news including CKay’s Boyfriend Music; Sheeran’s Tingly Ted’s partnership; Brazilian stats, GR6 deal; Harry Styles railway viaduct; Morrissey’s moan; blockchain wakes up with PIP Labs and Aptos x Mereo deals
Deals Boyfriend Music Ltd has launched in Lagos, Nigeria, with an American subsidiary Boyfriend Music LLC, to support artists, songwriters and producers globally. Founded by emo-afrobeat artist Chukwuka ‘CKay’ Ekweani…
⏩ One Liners: deals, digital, legal and live news including CKay’s Boyfriend Music; Sheeran’s Tingly Ted’s partnership; Brazilian stats, GR6 deal; Harry Styles railway viaduct; Morrissey’s moan; blockchain wakes up with PIP Labs and Aptos x Mereo deals
Deals Boyfriend Music Ltd has launched in Lagos, Nigeria, with an American subsidiary Boyfriend Music LLC, to support artists, songwriters and producers globally. Founded by emo-afrobeat artist Chukwuka ‘CKay’ Ekweani…
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 is now positioning itself as a champion and defender of book authors from “literary luminaries” to “up-and-coming writers who are finding their audience”. Or at least that is the…
DaBaby’s record label “disparaged, ridiculed” and exploited performers in music video says California lawsuit
DaBaby’s record label Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment has been accused of mistreating and under-paying performers who appear in its music videos. A lawsuit filed by one of those performers, Rebekka…
Op-ed: Cyanite CEO Markus Schwarzer on why keywords still matter for music data
Keywords are dead – long live keywords! How we should think about music data, catalogue management and search when everything is a prompt-based AI Cyanite helps music companies turn their…
Warner Chappell is “hindering” Shaboozey’s efforts to buy himself out of his deal, alleges lawsuit
Country artist Shaboozey has sued Warner Chappell accusing the music publisher of blocking his attempts to fast-track his exit from an administration deal with the company by refusing to tell…