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Music Law Weekly: BTS Lawsuit, Bad Bunny Ruling, and StubHub Class Action
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, HYBE faces a pair of copyright cases, Bad Bunny gets bad news, StubHub sued over scalping, and much more.
Music Law News: BTS Lawsuit, Bad Bunny Ruling, StubHub Class Action
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, HYBE faces a pair of copyright cases, Bad Bunny gets bad news, StubHub sued over scalping, and much more.
BTS ‘Swim’ Lawsuit, Bad Bunny Ruling, StubHub Class Action & More Top Music Law News
In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, HYBE faces a pair of copyright cases, Bad Bunny gets bad news, StubHub sued over scalping, and much more.
StubHub claiming to be a fan-to-fan marketplace while its head honcho finances professional super touts is fraudulent concealment, says class action lawsuit
Last week it was revealed that StubHub CEO Eric Baker is also MD of a company that is directly involved in touting tickets, a revelation that could hinder the company’s ongoing lobbying efforts in the US and beyond. It has also prompted a class action lawsuit filed by a ticket buyer
Warner Music insists ‘new use’ clause in union agreement doesn’t mean musicians are due a share of AI money
Warner Music has responded to a lawsuit filed by US musicians union AFM over its AI deals. The union says a ‘new use’ clause in its performer agreement means its members should get compensation from the deals with Suno and Udio - but Warner says AFM is interpreting that clause incorrectly
AFEM and DDEX Address Music Rights Infrastructure
A simple question, "why can't this just work?", sparked one of AFEM's most popular member roundtables and an industry report on the friction across music data, rights and royalties. On 2 July, AFEM an
AFEM Joins Call for Artist Consent in AI Music Deals
AFEM has signed the EMMA-led joint industry statement calling for artists and songwriters to retain meaningful consent, control, transparency and fair compensation in AI music deals.
AFEM Explores Electronic Music Release Lifecycle
Designed for artists, labels and music professionals, the session will trace the full lifecycle of an electronic music release.
Nicki Minaj Faces Legal Action for Unpaid Bills
A judge is weighing a default judgment after Minaj failed to respond to a lawsuit demanding payment of a hefty legal bill from a 2023 copyright case.
Nicki Minaj Owes $230K in Unpaid Legal Bills, Law Firm Says — and Judge Might Force Her to Pay Up
A judge is weighing a default judgment after Minaj failed to respond to a lawsuit demanding payment of a hefty legal bill from a 2023 copyright case.
UK Government Launches Music Strategy to Boost Opportunity
Industry figures welcome proposals in Turn It Up: Our Plan For Music
Jeremy Erlich’s Alta Music Group launches publishing division led by Zeb Berg
Sony Music Publishing will support and administer Alta Publishing worldwide. Source
“Pop is getting posher, and that must change. Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not”: UK government announces national strategy for music to “widen opportunity” and invest in “creative careers”
Industry figures welcome proposals in Turn It Up: Our Plan For Music
UK government launches ‘Turn It Up’ plan to support homegrown music, committing $60m to back artists and businesses over three years
The UK Government has launched a plan to support the country’s music industry. Turn It Up: Our Plan for Music was unveiled on Monday (July 13) at the UK Music Summer Party, where Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy addressed the industry. It arrives with a GBP £15 million (USD $20.1 million) injection into
Behind The Single: Avery Cochrane – ‘Shapeshifting on a Saturday night’
We spoke to Milo Pacheco, general manager and head of marketing at S-Curve Records, about how the label has approached developing Avery Cochrane and marketing its first release with the artist.
South Korean bill would require ‘pre-screening’ of music releases
There are arguments afoot in South Korea this week due to a proposed amendment to the country’s Music Industry Promotion Act by the ruling party.
Paid social promo for music is common. Disclosures? Not so much
We’ve heard plenty of chat in recent weeks about how paid promo on TikTok and Instagram is Just What You Have To Do To Cut Through when it comes to marketing artists.
Why a fight over 61,000 recordings could shape the future of AI music licensing
The 61,026 recordings would carry a theoretical maximum statutory damage of $9 billion, up from around $84 million under the original 560-work complaint. Source
The next social-media ban for children could be Europe-wide
Our coverage of social-media bans for under-13s – and the impact it might have for the music industry – continues with strong hints that the European Commission may soon announce its own plans along those lines.
A Make-or-Break Moment for AI Music Companies
The following op-ed comes from David Israelite, President & CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) Source