Music Business
AFEM and Music Technology UK Host Pitch Competition for Electronic Music Innovators
Feedback is Music Technology UK's recurring pitch competition for music tech founders. AFEM is teaming up with MTUK on this one to put electronic music labels and publishers at the centre of the room.
AFEM and DDEX to Address Friction in Music Rights Data and Royalties
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
Music industry leaders, megastars pay tribute to Clive Davis
Rob Stringer, Patti Smith, Alicia Keys, the Lipmans, Merck Mercuriadis, and more pay tribute to legendary record exec Source
Billboard's Music Industry Events Calendar
A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.
Spotify Beats Streaming Fraud Lawsuit
The ruling rejected accusations that Spotify broke the law by turning a “blind eye” to bot-fueled fake streams for major artists, but the case isn't quite over yet.
Spotify Beats Streaming Fraud Lawsuit That Claimed Drake Gets Billions of Fake Plays
The ruling rejected accusations that Spotify broke the law by turning a “blind eye” to bot-fueled fake streams for major artists, but the case isn't quite over yet.
Clive Davis Dead at 94: Music Executives Remember the Influential Label Mogul
Following the music legend's passing at age 94, industry execs are sharing their reactions and condolences.
MF Doom Estate Settles With Temu in Counterfeit Merch Lawsuit
Family members of the late British rapper have negotiated an end to their trademark battle with the Chinese discount storefront.
MF Doom Estate Settles With Temu in Counterfeit Merch Lawsuit
Family members of the late British rapper have negotiated an end to their trademark battle with the Chinese discount storefront.
Clive Davis Dead at 94: Music Executives Remember the Influential Label Mogul
Following the music legend's passing at age 94, industry execs are sharing their reactions and condolences.
Decent Rides On Like We Do, Vinyl Culture, And Running Interloot Records
With a steadily growing reputation for blending deep house, techno, jazz, disco and hip-hop influences into their own distinctive sound, Decent Rides have become one of the most exciting underground duos to emerge from Bavaria in recent years. Through releases on respected labels including Quintesse
As majors sign more and more AI deals, creator organisations come together to demand artist and songwriter consent, fair compensation and deal transparency
31 organisations representing artists, songwriters and managers have called on labels and publishers to commit to creator consent, fair compensation and transparency as they sign up to AI deals. The call comes amid concerns over the “misappropriation of artist and songwriter rights” in the AI domain
Majors and BMG ask US Supreme Court to overturn copyright termination ruling they say will cause ‘chaos’
The rightsholders said the decision will cause "chaos" across the music business if it is allowed to stand. Source
Thomann vs Fender: World’s biggest music retailer pushes back at the Big F's cease-and-desist campaign
"The questions raised here go far beyond a mere legal dispute and affect the future of diversity, innovation and competition in our industry"
Indian performance rights organisation PPL reinstated as a copyright society
In 2021, the government of India’s decision to register Recorded Music Performance Limited (RMPL), and not Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), as the country’s sole copyright society with respect to sound […] The post is from Music Ally.
MF Doom estate and Temu reach settlement in lawsuit over alleged knock-off merch
The plaintiff, Gas Drawls, LLC, owns the rights to MF Doom's music and intellectual property Source
Japan creates public performance right for recorded music
The Japanese government has approved an amendment to the Japanese Copyright Act regarding music playback in public spaces. Performing artists and record companies will now be paid when their recorded music is played publicly. Previously, only songwriters and composers automatically received royaltie
Japan Enacts Copyright Reform for Public Performance Royalties
Until now, only songwriters, composers and music publishers were paid when their music was played as background music in Japanese venues. Source
Canada's Music Industry Achieves First Site-Blocking Order Against Stream-Ripping
ISPs are ordered to block stream-ripping domains including Y2mate.ws, YTmp3.lat, Savefrom.space, and Spowload.cc. Source
AFEM Member Voices: Owen Kiernan on Cutting Through Digital Noise
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev