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Billboard's Music Industry Events Calendar
A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.
Avicii’s former manager defamation lawsuit dismissed by Swedish court
Arash “Ash” Pournouri plans to file an appeal against the late DJ’s estate following the decision
Royalties Administrator // Snapper Music (London)
Snapper Music are seeking a Royalties Administrator to join their London office.
MuZiKa Records, New Música Mexicana Label, Launches With BMG Partnership
The Texas-based record label is led by industry veterans Meyber Santos, Alan E. Baxter, and Fernando Sanchez.
Travis Scott, SZA and Future Can't Dismiss ‘Telekinesis’ Copyright Lawsuit Linked to Ye Demo
A judge says the trio of hitmakers “have come nowhere near shouldering their burden” to toss the case.
Live Nation antitrust trial judge says individual US states should seek direct settlement with live music giant
The US government settled its antitrust lawsuit with Live Nation yesterday, but 27 US states, which also accuse the live giant of anticompetitive behaviour, are not part of that deal. The judge has told the states to see if they can agree their own settlement. If not, the antitrust trial will resume
Google had every opportunity to train its AI legally, but chose to do it on the cheap instead, say indie musicians in new lawsuit
Another AI copyright lawsuit, this time a group of indie artists are suing Google over its Lyria model. Like all AI companies, the lawsuit says, Google infringed copyright when training its model. But Google’s “conduct is different”, because it has the infrastructure in place to train AI legally
Dionne Warwick Sues Rights Firm For Allegedly Stealing Millions In Her Royalties
In a scathing countersuit, the famed singer says Artists Rights Enforcement quietly stole her royalties and defrauded her for decades.
Apple Music to give AI-generated music option to be labelled with new Transparency Tags
Record labels and music distributors can choose to disclose whether published music and artwork was made with artificial intelligence in the new metadata category
Calvin Harris & Kasabian's 'Release the Pressure' Tops WARM Global Dance Radio Chart
The chart, now publishing on Billboard.com, ranks the top dance tracks worldwide, based on monitored airplay across 200-plus dance stations in more than 150 countries.
Reservoir strikes worldwide publishing admin deal with Hans Zimmer, expanding relationship with Academy Award-winning composer
Reservoir will administer Zimmer’s catalog through his company, Remote Control Publishing Source
Alex Flores Named President of Double P Publishing & Prajin Publishing
Additionally, Teresa Romo has been appointed the company's first-ever vp.
UK government weighs 'commercial research exception' that could let AI companies train on copyrighted music without permission (report)
UK lawmakers face March 18 deadline on copyright reform. Source
How New Superfan Streaming App Tapedeck Plans to Shake Up Artist Royalties, One Penny at a Time
"We are here to make it easier to make a living making music,” says Tim Quirk about his pay-as-you-go superfan app, which sets the floor at a penny per stream.
PRS for Music sues Steam games-store owner over soundtracks
Good news if you've been hankering after a music-industry lawsuit that has nothing to do with either AI or the live sector. UK collecting society PRS for Music is taking legal action against Valve, owner of the Steam game-downloads store. According to the society, Valve has “never obtained a licence
Independent musicians sue Google over training of Lyria model
Good news if you've been hankering after another music-industry lawsuit that does have everything to do with AI! A group of independent musicians and producers are suing Google over the training of its Lyria model. According to Billboard, the lawsuit accuses Google of training Lyria 3 on music that
Seat at the Table equity report warns: ‘Progress is fragile’
UK organisation Women in Ctrl has published its latest 'Seat at the Table' report exploring the diversity of board members at the UK's music-industry bodies. It's fair to say the picture is mixed. 49% of board members across the 11 bodies analysed are women. That's a big jump from 32% in 2020, but a
“We were labelled ‘the new Led Zeppelin’. I mean, wow! But it was a blessing and a curse. There could never be another Led Zeppelin, just like there could never be another Beatles”: The strange tale of a great rock band that had it all – and then blew it
As one critic said, this band had “more good riffs in one song than there are in the first four Black Sabbath albums”
Gaming giant Steam faces legal action from the UK's PRS over alleged music copyright infringement
PRS says it attempted to reach an agreement with the company 'for many years' before issuing legal proceedings in the UK on March 4 Source
Former Dead Kennedys Singer Jello Biafra Hospitalized Following Hemorrhagic Stroke
The singer's label said he is currently hospitalized and in stable condition.