Here is some stuff I wrote in March 2024…

CMU News: Travis Scott seeks to be removed from Astroworld lawsuits, as lawyers query if performers should have crowd management training

CMU News: Rapper ordered to pay $800,000 to Sony over TikTok hit with unlicensed sample

CMU News: MPs hear about the crisis in grassroots live music – a ticket levy might help, but how would that work?

CMU News: Sean Combs’ lawyer slams “unprecedented ambush” following Monday’s raids

CMU News: BBC boss says “bringing people together” is a priority, and future funding models must accommodate that objective

CMU News: Sean Combs properties raided in federal sex trafficking investigation

CMU News: Nirvana ‘smiley face’ copyright dispute back in court

CMU News: US law firm announces investigation into Live Nation prompted by investor lawsuit

CMU News: Moscow terror attack venue owner vows to rebuild in memory of those who died

CMU News: Upsetting the Apple cart – app developers including Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz welcome US Justice Department lawsuit

CMU News: YG Entertainment denies spending $30 million+ on re-signing Blackpink

CMU News: Mother of security guard killed in Brixton Academy crowd crush commences legal action against Academy Music Group saying “we will never let this rest”

CMU News: Tennessee passes ELVIS Act to help musicians stop unauthorised voice clones

CMU News: University Of Kent axes music courses

CMU News: IFPI report shows 10.2% growth in global recorded music market

CMU News: TikTok data to be discussed in UK Parliament, as ‘be -sold-or-be-banned’ proposals continue to work their way through US Congress

CMU News: Astroworld planners feared overcrowding at festival’s main stage, new legal filings show

CMU News: Mood music maker scores fifteen billion streams, and prompts yet another ‘fake artists’ debate

CMU News: Fourth Circuit court declines to rehear billion dollar Cox copyright case

CMU News: Spotify publishes new Loud & Clear, says the focus now is artists “dependent on streaming as part of their livelihood”

CMU News: Night & Day ruling makes it “open season” on Manchester’s night-time economy says Music Venue Trust boss

CMU News: BPI threatens to sue voice cloning site Voicify

CMU News: More performers seeking specialist health support, says BAPAM

CMU News: Black Eyed Peas sued for licensing interpolation but not sample of Scatman

CMU News: Spotify asks European Commission to force Apple to approve its app amends

CMU News: Spanish appeals court sides with Unison in SGAE dispute

CMU News: Nine stream manipulation sites taken offline in Canada

CMU News: Labour commits to UK ticket touting price cap, as Ed Sheeran’s team welcomes guilty verdict in ticket tout court case

CMU News: Epic returns to court in California over Apple’s “blatant violation” of App Store injunction

CMU News: Selling TikTok would be last resort for ByteDance, sources say as House votes through sell-or-be-banned law

CMU News: Texas governor tells SXSW boycotters “don’t come back”

CMU News: Joe Rogan is back on Apple and Amazon – so Neil Young is back on Spotify

CMU News: EU AI Act “world-first” say music trade bodies as European Parliament votes it into law

CMU News: Kneecap among the bands boycotting SXSW over involvement of US army and defence companies

CMU News: Drake asks to be removed from Astroworld lawsuits

CMU News: Bad Bunny sues fan over unofficial concert recordings on YouTube

CMU News: TikTok insists it isn’t forcing Americans to phone politicians as ban proposal gets fast-tracked in Congress

CMU News: US appeals court lets Lizzo keep $5 million from festival that never happened

CMU News: Epic declares DMA victory after EU intervention forces speedy change in Apple policy position

CMU News: Advertising regulator changes its mind about FKA Twigs ad for Calvin Klein

CMU News: US Copyright Office sets out why AI-generated works should not enjoy copyright protection

CMU News: Cox again challenges the copyright claims of the major record companies, which in turn try to retain their billion dollar pay day

CMU News: Boom Radio urges listeners to formally oppose planned Radio 2 spin off

CMU News: US publisher group doesn’t plan to renew its TikTok licensing deal

CMU News: US Congress members propose new performer remuneration system funded by a streaming levy

CMU News: New US-wide TikTok ban proposed in Congress

CMU News: Tidal phases out HiFi Plus tier, makes higher quality audio part of its standard subscription product

CMU News: Music publishers lawsuit against X cut back but allowed to proceed

CMU News: Manchester City Council has spent nearly £90,000 fighting Night & Day legal battle

CMU News: Apple hits out at EU competition ruling that “ignores the realities of a market”CMU News:

CMU News: Live Nation says rising ticket prices definitely not its fault

CMU News: EU fines €1.8 billion at end of Spotify initiated competition law investigation

CMU News: YouTube Music staff laid off in middle of meeting about employment rights with Austin City Council

CMU News: Stability files defence in important test case on AI and UK copyright law

CMU News: Universal Music sends another memo to songwriters about its big TikTok bust-up

CMU News: New report outlines “the scathing history” of sexual abuse and cover ups in the music industry

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