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Unison: A Digital-First Music Publishing Rights Platform

In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor

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North Carolina man pleads guilty to $10 million AI music royalty fraud

“Although the songs and listeners were fake, the millions of dollars Smith stole was real”, said US Attorney Jay Clayton

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Unison's Digital-First Approach to Music Rights Management

In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor

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North Carolina Man Admits to $10 Million AI Music Royalty Fraud

“Although the songs and listeners were fake, the millions of dollars Smith stole was real”, said US Attorney Jay Clayton

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Unison's Approach to Digital Publishing Rights Management Featured

In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor

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Spotify launches SongDNA in beta for Premium subscribers, tracing how songs connect through shared producers, samples and covers

SongDNA lets subscribers trace how one song connects to another through shared producers, samples and covers. Source

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Apple Music and Bandsintown Integrate Concert Listings

The live music event and discovery platform is bringing concert listings directly to Apple Music users.

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Apple Music Now Lets Artists List Their Concert Dates Via Bandsintown Integration

The live music event and discovery platform is bringing concert listings directly to Apple Music users.

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D2C before DSPs is music’s parallel economy. Here’s the data from EVEN.

This post is written by Mag Rodriguez, Founder and CEO of EVEN, a direct-to-consumer music infrastructure platform. EVEN has onboarded over 500,000 artists through distribution partnerships with UnitedMasters, Too Lost, […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Spotify Enhances Artist Profile Security

The new feature is designed to prevent "content mismatch," a common issue for artists that's been exacerbated by generative AI tools.

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Spotify Launches ‘Artist Profile Protection’ to Guard Against Incorrect Profile Uploads

The new feature is designed to prevent "content mismatch," a common issue for artists that's been exacerbated by generative AI tools.

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Amid rise of AI deepfakes, Spotify to let artists vet releases before they appear on their profiles

Artist Profile Protection offers artists a proactive layer of control on top of existing reporting tools. Source

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Spotify cracks down on fake releases with ‘Artist Profile Protection’ feature

There have been several examples of new tracks or albums seemingly released by artists that turned to be fake. Now Spotify is cracking down. The post is from Music Ally.

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Hybe India announces auditions to find the next “global stars”

The big news out of Hybe in India this week wasn’t about BTS breaking streaming records with Arirang—though it’s likely to debut atop Spotify’s Weekly Top Albums chart for the […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Future Islands Announce New Compilation Album to Celebrate 20th Anniversary

From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth boasts new songs "Sail" and "Find Love," which are now streaming. Future Islands Announce New Compilation Album to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Jonah Krueger

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Japanese duo Creepy Nuts touch down in Sony Music’s Roblox world

Creepy Nuts are big well beyond their homeland of Japan, having notched up more than 900m global streams of their 2024 hit ‘Bling-Bang-Bang-Born’ and collaborated with Dua Lipa. They’re playing the US Coachella festival in April, but before that they’re making a splash on Roblox. The hip-hop duo are

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Uganda copyright bill aims to improve royalties for musicians

A lot has been written about copyright reform in the US, UK and other big western markets recently – largely focused on how these laws should be updated for the AI era. However, elsewhere in the world reform can still mean setting up the basics of protecting the rights of musicians, authors, filmmak

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Spotify’s new SongDNA feature is rolling out now to subscribers

When Spotify acquired British music-tech firm WhoSampled last year, it said it would be tapping the company’s database for a new feature. The post is from Music Ally.

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Tomorrowland Winter 2026 Details Announced, Including Streaming Program

The week-long spectacular returns to the resort of Alpe d'Huez in France this weekend

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Tori Amos Unveils New Song “Shush” About “Lizard-Demon” Billionaire: Stream

The latest preview of Amos' new concept album In Times of Dragons Tori Amos Unveils New Song “Shush” About “Lizard-Demon” Billionaire: Stream Jonah Krueger