Here is some stuff I wrote in November 2023…

CMU News: Sony Music digital chief asks Congress to close “legal loopholes” to ensure artists can stop authorised AI voice clones

CMU News: Working class audiences want the BBC to take more risks when producing new programmes

CMU News: Spinnin Records announces joint venture with DVBBS label Kanary Records

CMU News: Hall & Oates both make court filing as the legal dispute over their joint venture company continues

CMU News: Three executive departures as Bauer rejigs the management team at its UK audio business

CMU News: BIMM University launches AI-centric course

CMU News: Spotify unwraps Wrapped – assigns everyone a Sound Town

CMU News: European Parliament committee calls for new EU rules to regulate streaming

CMU News: Brazil-led anti-piracy initiative hails successes

CMU News: iHeartMedia confirms incoming $100 million pay day as a result of BMI sale

CMU News: Diddy steps back from Chair role at Revolt as he fights two sexual assault lawsuits

CMU News: Cloudflare must block piracy site, German court confirms

CMU News: Live Nation increases minimum wages at club venues as part of On The Road Again programme

CMU News: AI firm Anthropic seeks dismissal of music publisher lawsuit on jurisdiction grounds

CMU News: European artist groups call on EU to address the ‘reciprocity’ problem created by the RAAP case

CMU News: Young Thug trial gets underway

CMU News: Vision Nine’s Boardmasters festival announces plans to boost capacity by 12,000

CMU News: Music fans believe AI companies training models with existing recordings must get consent, says IFPI study

CMU News: A third woman accuses Diddy of sexual assault ahead of Adult Survivors Act deadline

CMU News: Hall & Oates dispute relates to proposed Primary Wave deal

CMU News: Whitney Houston trademark owner sues promoter of tribute show

CMU News: Hipgnosis Songs Fund provides update on strategic review and legal battle with defunct Hipgnosis company

CMU Digest: Spotify confirms changes to pay-outs, music-makers criticise government AI meeting + more

CMU News: Creator groups call for EU AI Act to retain strong transparency obligations

CMU News: Diddy and Justin Sane sued over allegations of sexual assault ahead of today’s Adult Survivors Act deadline

CMU News: US ISP hits out at anti-piracy agency used by the music industry in copyright dispute

CMU News: BRIT Award organisers announce changes to increase gender and genre diversity

CMU News: Axl Rose and Jimmy lovine sued as deadline for lawsuits under New York’s Adult Survivors Act approaches

CMU News: Daryl Hall secures restraining order against “business partner” John Oates

CMU News: AEG planning new arena in Edinburgh

CMU News: Live Nation commits to address accessibility issues at Wireless and Download in deal with Equality Commission

CMU News: Doctor Who the most played sci-fi theme tune

CMU News: Spotify confirms changes to its payment process – including the 1000 plays a year threshold

CMU News: OpenAI sued again over claims of copyright infringement, with financial backer Microsoft named as a co-defendant

CMU News: BMI confirms deal to sell to New Mountain Capital

CMU News: Specifics of Spotify’s deal with Google on in-app payments revealed in Epic court case

CMU News: London mayor blocks MSG’s grand plan to build a Sphere venue next to the Olympic Park

CMU News: US Senate committee subpoenas Live Nation to access documents for its investigation into “abusive consumer practices”

CMU News: New York judge dismisses Black Sheep lawsuit on Universal’s Spotify equity

CMU News: Spotify says it will exit Uruguay next year because of new performer ER right in copyright law

CMU News: Missy Elliott makes new filing in ongoing copyright dispute with producer Terry Williams

CMU News: Council Of Music Makers criticises lack of music-maker representation at government roundtable on AI and the creative industries

CMU News: World Intellectual Property Organisation launches new educational platform for creators

CMU News: Sean Combs has already settled lawsuit filed by former partner that alleged sexual and physical assault

CMU News: Music publishers want preliminary injunction in legal battle with AI company Anthropic

CMU News: Oxford Brookes University to close music department

CMU Digest: YouTube’s voice-cloning announcements, Stability AI audio chief resigns over the company’s fair use position + more

CMU News: Prosecution in Young Thug criminal case have 737 witnesses lined up

CMU News: Dolby teams up with Ed Sheeran on Atmos promoting campaign

CMU News: SeatGeek publishes poll in bid to show US consumers support break up of Live Nation and Ticketmaster

CMU News: Sean Combs sued by former partner over allegations of sexual and physical assault

CMU News: HMV to reopen its Oxford Street store next week

CMU News: Stability AI’s VP Of Audio resigns over its position that training AI with copyright works is ‘fair use’

CMU News: Distrokid boss critical of Spotify plan to fine distributors over tracks with heavy stream manipulation

CMU News: YouTube begins piloting voice cloning tool to provide AI-generated vocals for creator videos

CMU News: MU welcomes call for cultural visa waiver by the domestic advisory groups put in place by post-Brexit agreement

CMU News: YouTube to allow labels to remove AI-generated voice clones

CMU News: Guns N Roses sued by photographer in copyright dispute

CMU News: Live Nation investor sues over allegations of anti-competitive conduct

CMU News: Warner Music confirms it is participating in Deezer’s “artist-centric” pilot

CMU News: Kakao exec indicted following the big battle with HYBE for control of SM

CMU News: Nepal introduces TikTok ban

CMU News: Live and night-time sectors welcome new Arts Council funding for grassroots music community

CMU News: beatBread now offer financing to songwriters secured on their publishing

CMU News: Drake sits for Astroworld deposition

CMU News: Media Bill introduced that will oblige smart speaker platforms to provide “unfettered access” to traditional radio

CMU News: Bauer switching off more AM transmitters, mainly impacting Greatest Hits Radio

CMU Digest: Competition concerns about new Spotify model, another Astroworld lawsuit + more

CMU News: Lyrics can be used as evidence in Young Thug gang trial, judge rules

CMU News: Sarah Silverman lawsuit testing copyright obligations of Meta’s LLaMA AI platform back in court

CMU News: Hipgnosis Song Management appoints new finance and legal chiefs

CMU News: Amazon cuts jobs in its music division

CMU News: Canva launches music library product

CMU News: LA Reid sued by former Arista A&R over allegations of sexual assault

CMU News: Hipgnosis Songs Fund headhunts the former Chair of the Round Hill Music Royalty Fund to head up its board

CMU News: Travis Scott and Live Nation sued by Astroworld business partner
CMU News: Parliament’s culture select committee to win Industry Champion prize at Artist & Manager Awards

CMU News: TikTok to close Creator Fund

CMU News: Legends buy venue operator ASM Global

CMU News: Music industry contributes £6.7 billion GVA to British economy

CMU News: Stream-ripper gets court order to identify who is behind rick-rolling Google takedown notices

CMU News: ISP Grande claims win after film producers drop copyright infringement lawsuit

CMU News: GESAC welcomes European Parliament report on buy-outs in the creative sector

CMU News: Spotify two-tier payment “discriminatory and exploitative” says competition law expert

CMU News: First Astroworld lawsuit could get to court next May

CMU News: IPO seeks industry and music-maker input on music metadata study

CMU News: Will Page study concludes that total music copyright revenues in 2022 grew 14% to $41.5 billion

CMU News: Amy Winehouse estate sues friends of the late musician over auctions

TW Backstage: AI and the creative industries

CMU Digest: BMG job losses, AI Copyright Office submissions + more

CMU News: US senators propose new laws to ramp up the battle against ticketing bots

CMU News: Dua Lipa buys back song rights from TaP Music Publishing

CMU News: Concord completes acquisition of Round Hill Music Royalty Fund catalogues

CMU News: Beatport launches new membership product for producers

CMU News: Song theft claim against Mariah Carey’s Christmas classic re-filed with US courts

CMU News: Tech companies insist training AI models with existing content is fair use in Copyright Office submissions

CMU News: Kobalt announces $700 million partnership with Morgan Stanley to buy up more music rights

CMU News: Apple Music discontinues its Siri-centric Voice Plan

CMU News: Sony sues cosmetics brand over unlicensed use of music in social media posts

CMU News: Tidal launches new tool for finding musical collaborators

CMU News: Appeals court revives copyright case over Fortnite emote

CMU News: Bandcamp union files complaint with federal agency over redundancies

CMU News: First exhibition at new V&A East museum to put the spotlight on black British music

CMU News: Promotions at top of The Orchard in the UK and Europe

CMU News: Malaysian government introduces ‘kill switch’ requirement for shows following The 1975 incident

CMU News: Liverpool venue comments on cause and management of evacuation during S Club show

CMU News: DistroKid expands its licensing partnership with TikTok

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