Here is some stuff I wrote in January 2024…

CMU News: 71% of music creators fear multi-billion dollar music AI business could stop songwriters from earning a living, says new report

CMU News: UK government publishes new UK streaming transparency code

CMU News: Coldplay partners with MIT to study the live music industry’s carbon footprint

CMU News: Sony fails to get Experience Hendrix lawsuit thrown out of UK court

CMU News: Spotify hits out at Apple’s plan to comply with EU’s Digital Markets Act

CMU News: Explicit AI-generated Taylor Swift images prompt renewed calls for new anti-deepfake laws

CMU News: East London residents hit out at increase in number of Victoria Park festivals

CMU News: StubHub accused of consistently underestimating its own fees in new lawsuit

CMU News: US Copyright Office to investigate how to license AI companies to generate revenue for music creators

CMU News: BMG’s radical restructure continues with revamp of top team in North America

CMU News: Precedent-setting Night & Day dispute back in court next week, with Manchester’s music city credentials on the line

CMU News: Madonna and Live Nation will “vigorously” defend late show start lawsuit

CMU News: Copyright dispute over Miles Davis tattoo puts the spotlight on the fair use debate

CMU News: Publishers hit back at Anthropic’s claim that AI copyright cases should be filed in “its Silicon Valley backyard”

CMU News: Two grassroots venues close down every week, according to new report from Music Venue Trust

CMU News: Nottingham’s Splendour festival cancelled because of delays in council tendering process

CMU News: PPL announces deal with Indian performer society, capitalising on changes to collective licensing in India

CMU News: American musicians’ union begins talks over AI and streaming with the Hollywood studios

CMU News: Anthropic expands on its fair use defence in music publisher legal battle

CMU News: Spotify won’t be launching on Vision Pro and lots of people are surprised – but why would it?

CMU News: Notorious BIG estate settles publicity rights case over skateboards and shower curtains

CMU News: Spotify hits out at Apple’s “outrageous” new App Store rules

CMU News: Time really does go by so slowly: Madonna sued over slack time-keeping on ‘Celebration’ tour

CMU News: Michael Jackson tribute show promoter goes legal over trademark dispute

CMU News: Former Stability exec Ed Newton Rex launches Fairly Trained AI certification

CMU News: Job cuts at Pitchfork as its team is merged in with GQ

CMU News: Ticket touts on trial over £6.5 million “dishonest enterprise”

CMU News: Apple changes App Store rules following Supreme Court announcement, but Epic vows more legal action

CMU News: GESAC welcomes European Parliament’s adoption of report calling for music streaming reforms

CMU News: Chinese judge discusses ruling that granted AI-generated image copyright protection

CMU News: Pan-European manager survey puts spotlight on mental health, gender imbalance and the streaming model

CMU News: UK’s IPO to look at neighbouring rights and reciprocal payments to foreign performers

CMU News: Tramlines agrees new deal to use Sheffield park after washout 2023 edition

CMU News: UK’s largest nightclub operator heading into administration

CMU News: Victims of Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates criticise handling of compensation claims

CMU News: “Educate yourselves” about industry changes to help address streaming issues, says Council Of Music Makers to major label employees

CMU News: BBC leads tributes to Annie Nightingale

CMU News: No copyright exception for AI reiterates UK government – but tech companies still lobbying for more change

CMU News: Universal Music to lay off hundreds says Bloomberg – company responds and says it will create “efficiencies”

CMU News: FKA Twigs responds to regulator ruling against her Calvin Klein advert

CMU News: Prince estate dispute goes legal

CMU News: Bytedance to shut down Resso in India following government ban

CMU News: US Congress told to clarify AI training is not fair use and the market can sort out everything else

CMU News: Music industry welcomes proposed new laws to help performers protect their voices and likeness from AI clones

CMU News: Bauer to phase out fifteen local radio brands as Hits Radio expands

CMU News: SAG-AFTRA hails “groundbreaking” voice clone agreement with AI company Replica

CMU News: LA Reid wants Adult Survivors Act sexual assault lawsuit against him to be scaled back

CMU News: UK’s Advertising Standards Authority raps Viagogo over NME paid editorial

CMU News: Warner Music boss talks streaming model and super-fans in start-of-year memo

CMU News: OpenAI responds to NYT lawsuit – says training is fair use, “regurgitations” are rare

CMU News: UK music retail brought in £2.2 billion in 2023 says ERA

CMU News: SoundCloud private equity owners mulling $1 billion sale

CMU News: New York Times journalist slams OpenAI as “no different than any other thief” in latest copyright lawsuit

CMU News: Buoyed by positive physical stats, HMV considers expansion

CMU News: Lythgoe out at ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ after Paula Abdul sexual assault allegations

CMU News: Universal Music renews its licensing deal with Tencent

CMU Deep-Dive: Artificial Intelligence and the music industry in 2023

CMU News: Vinyl sales grow, cassettes slump; streaming now 87.7% of UK music consumption

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