🌅 Horizon Future Leaders – Ollie Rankine Q&A
As part of our new Horizon Future Leaders series of interviews, we are connecting with the music industry’s next generation of leaders to gather candid advice and insights into their…
Proposed UK copyright amendment will see US performers frozen out of equitable remuneration deal
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office has announced a plan to amend copyright law so that more foreign performers can earn equitable remuneration when their recordings are broadcast or performed in…
Cox again urges Supreme Court to review major label dispute, to stop “innocent users” losing internet access because “a guest downloaded a couple of songs”
American internet service provider Cox Communications has made another filing with the US Supreme Court, which will decide later this month whether to review the ISP’s billion dollar legal battle…
Universal Music claims Believe has built its business on “industrial-scale copyright infringement” and wants $500 million
Just as things were looking a little quiet on the “Universal Music falling out with people” front, the major has filed an explosive lawsuit against Believe and the battle is…
GEMA publishes AI Charter
German songwriter collecting society GEMA has published an AI Charter, setting out ten “ethical and legal principles” that it wants the AI sector – and law-makers regulating that sector –…
US rights organisation SESAC welcomes 10% increase in radio royalty rate
US collecting society SESAC has secured a higher rate for its members when their music is played on American radio stations after negotiations with the Radio Music License Committee went…
🎧 Approved: cleopatrick
Toronto duo cleopatrick carved out a space as the raw voice of small-town angst, hailing from Cobourg, Ontario, where they honed a sound deeply rooted in a lo-fi DIY ethos.…
Another court says that Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ is not a ‘Let’s Get It On’ rip off
A US court has – yet again – ruled that Ed Sheeran’s 2014 hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’ doesn’t rip off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’. If this all feels…
Streaming inequalities should be resolved via Creator Remuneration Working Group says UK government, renewing commitment to cross-industry dialogue
The UK government has reaffirmed its commitment to the Creator Remuneration Working Group, which brings together stakeholders from across the music industry to discuss how streaming income is shared. It…
Nirvana baby lawsuit takes new turn as RIAA files amicus brief saying litigation could have chilling effects
The Recording Industry Association Of America has intervened in the ongoing legal dispute over the artwork for Nirvana’s 1991 ‘Nevermind’ album. Spencer Elden, who appears as a baby swimming underwater…