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Complete Music UpdateIndustryIncoming ‘nor’easter storm’ might succeed where billionaire Robert Kraft failed - causing an Ed Sheeran show to cancel Ed Sheeran is due back on stage later today at the stadium owned by billionaire Robert Kraft, who forced the axing of Macklemore from the show.
Complete Music UpdateIndustryCMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Adult DVD, Ray Laurél, Queens of The Stone Age, Tinashe + Perfume Genius
Complete Music UpdateIndustryIFPI backs web-blocking frenzy in five Latin American markets Global record industry trade group IFPI has welcomed coordinated action by government agencies in five Latin American countries to secure web-blocks against 300+ piracy domains.
Complete Music UpdateIndustry🎧 Approved: Gaspar Claus Cellist Gaspar Claus makes contemporary chamber music threaded with Mediterranean folk and electronics - every sound originates from a cello, then gets stretched, processed and metamorphosed into…
Complete Music UpdateIndustryOutkast sue Ovrkast after he reneges on commitment to change performer name to something less confusingly similar Outkast have sued Ovrkast for trademark infringement. Rapper and producer Ovrkast admitted himself in a Rolling Stone interview last year that lots of people confuse the two artist brands.
Complete Music UpdateIndustry🎧 Approved: Julia Jacklin Australian songwriter Julia Jacklin makes warm, fuzzy indie-folk with a husky crackling alto. New single ‘If I Had The Hand Of God’ is cathartic and country-nodding.
Complete Music UpdateIndustryAnti-piracy web-blocks back on the political agenda in the US - with VPNs and DNS resolvers facing web-blocking obligations New plans to finally introduce web-blocking as an anti-piracy tool in the US would specifically oblige VPNs and DNS resolvers as well as ISPs to block access to piracy sites when rightsholders secure…
Complete Music UpdateIndustryHead of Business Development // MRC (The Music Royalty Co.) (Remote) The MRC are seeking a remote Head of Business Development to join their management team and help shape the next stage of growth.
Complete Music UpdateIndustryEd Sheeran discusses Macklemore axing controversy as his tour resumes in Philadelphia Ed Sheeran resumed his US tour without support acts this weekend, responding on stage to the controversial axing of Macklemore from the show.
Complete Music UpdateIndustryUniversal and Warner tell judge ‘new use’ clause in AFM agreement is “clear and unambiguous” and does not apply to their AI deals In June the American Federation Of Musicians sued Universal and Warner over their AI deals, insisting the majors should be sharing their AI money with the union’s members under its Sound Recording…
Complete Music UpdateIndustryAs the drama continues around Ed Sheeran’s US tour, the debate is bigger than one pop star The drama continues following the axing of Macklemore from Ed Sheeran’s US tour over his on-stage support for Palestine.
Complete Music UpdateIndustryDistroKid’s $2 billion valuation based on it being a pipeline for AI slop and copyright infringement, says Universal Universal claims that distributor DistroKid achieved its recent $2 billion valuation by providing a pipeline for AI slop and copyright infringing music, to the detriment of artists and labels.
Complete Music UpdateIndustryLandmark termination rights ruling not the “copyright emergency” music publishers claim, songwriter tells US Supreme Court When America’s Fifth Circuit Appeals Court backed a songwriter-friendly interpretation of the termination right in US copyright law, the majors bought the song that prompted that ruling and asked the…
Complete Music UpdateIndustryMacklemore says Ed Sheeran was in a “fucked up position” after stadium owners threatened to pull shows over rapper’s on-stage support for Palestine Macklemore has been axed as support on Ed Sheeran’s US tour because of his on-stage support for Palestine, prompting both artists to publish statements.
Complete Music UpdateIndustryDistributors commit to robust ‘know you customer’ systems in latest industry initiative seeking to tackle streaming fraud The IFPI has unveiled the latest industry scheme seeking to tackle streaming fraud called the Streaming Integrity Initiative.
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