Music And Audio Companies Begin To Feel Tariff Pain – Musicians Are Next
I think most of us have been reading the news and wondering how the newly imposed tariffs could be a ...
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AI companies accused of ‘largest domestic piracy of IP in our nation’s history’ at congressional hearing led by MAGA Republican
President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement has seen division within its ranks of late on a number of issues ranging from ...
200+ people sign letter objecting to UMG’s proposed takeover of Downtown, including 20 employees from Beggars Group and Secretly Group companies
The world of independent music is vast and broad.For example, Merlin says it represents the rights of over 30,000 indie ...
BeatStars teams up with Sureel to block AI companies from training on creator content
Online music production marketplace BeatStars has partnered with AI protection startup Sureel to prevent unauthorized artificial intelligence systems from training ...
The MLC lands on Fast Company’s list of World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC), the entity that collects mechanical royalties in the US from digital service providers, has ...
Primary Wave struck a $100m JV with Times Music in 2023. Now that venture has acquired two companies in India.
Acquisitions in India are becoming an intense area of activity for the global music business.Recent deals have included Warner Music‘s ...
$1bn-valued Create Music Group acquires catalog from Pack Records as companies form new JV
Following a $165-million investment round last year that valued the company at $1 billion, Create Music Group (CMG) has been ...
Record companies in India want to join a lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI
The copyright lawsuits are really beginning to pile on for ChatGPT developer OpenAI.In 2023, the company behind the world’s most ...
The major record companies lost market share again on Spotify last year. But BMG and ‘artist-centric royalties’ make this a more complicated picture than it first appears.
It’s one of the most interesting charts in the music biz.Each year, via its annual 20-F filing with the SEC, ...
Max Richter blasts proposals to allow AI companies to train models on copyrighted material
At present, few issues pervade the music conversation quite like the regulation of AI. With more music creation tools cropping ...
