Here is some stuff I wrote in October 2023…

CMU News: Music industry restates artificial intelligence priorities ahead of UK government’s AI Safety Summit

CMU News: Human Artistry Campaign welcomes Joe Biden’s AI executive order

CMU News: Visual art copyright case against Stability AI stripped back but will proceed

CMU News: Labels really don’t want other artists mimicking Taylor Swift’s re-recording initiative

CMU News: Meta announces ad-free premium option in Europe to comply with data regulations

CMU News: Lizzo’s touring company seeks dismissal of lawsuit filed by former dance team members

CMU News: BMG restructure results in job losses

CMU News: New York Times investigation put spotlight on Kanye West’s years of misconduct during Adidas partnership

CMU News: Chris Brown and Live Nation sued over violent altercation in London club

CMU News: Jay-Z discusses reclaiming his recording rights from Def Jam

CMU News: Eminem launches Mom’s Spaghetti pasta sauce

CMU Digest: 3tone, Spotify, Hipgnosis, CISAC, Utopia

CMU News: Latest payment delays at Utopia lead to new SourceAudio lawsuit

CMU News: Tim Westwood interviews by police for a fourth time over sexual misconduct allegations

CMU News: US Supreme Court asked to consider the complicated KC And The Sunshine Band termination rights dispute

CMU News: Banks confirm social media ticketing scams are back on the rise

CMU News: Hipgnosis vote shock: 83.2% of shareholders vote against continuation

CMU News: Digital now biggest revenue generator for song right collecting societies, CISAC confirms

CMU News: Warner Chappell and Transgressive extend their publishing partnership

CMU News: Brazilian industry welcomes shutdown of piracy site FileWarez

CMU News: Mixmag 40th anniversary exhibition to raise funds for CALM

CMU News: Emily Eavis says organising things a bit later might have got Glastonbury a stand-out headliner

CMU News: Spotify also in talks with industry to change track allocation process

CMU News: Hipgnosis Songs Fund confirms it has received no higher offers for catalogue sale

CMU News: Three more DJs to be supported by Radio 1’s Annie Nightingale Presents Scholarship

CMU News: GESAC welcomes European Parliament support for measures against buy-outs

CMU News: The Circuit Group and Defected Records partner

CMU News: Anti-touting campaign hopes new EU rules will help in the battle against for-profit ticket resale

CMU News: Dr Luke and Juice WRLD estate sued in ‘Not Enough’ copyright dispute

CMU News: Boomy announces alliance with Beatdapp to counter stream manipulation

CMU News: Spotify boss urges UK government to not water down its Apple regulating Digital Markets Act

CMU News: Fyre Festival founder facing legal action from financial backer of post-prison business venture

CMU News: Lil Yachty show cancelled after rapper urges seated fans to fill up the mosh pit

CMU News: Universal Music open “concept store” in Tokyo

CMU News: More winners and nominees announced for the Artist & Manager Awards

CMU Digest: Anthropic, Pandora, Hipgnosis, Bandcamp, Megan Thee Stallion

CMU News: Universal Music criticised over unannounced change to Pandora payments

CMU News: Megan Thee Stallion settles dispute with label, allowing them to “amicably part ways”

CMU News: TikTok Music goes properly live in Australia, Singapore and Mexico

CMU News: Hipgnosis Songs Fund announces strategic review to allay investor concerns

CMU News: BMG to work with Universal Music on physical distribution

CMU News: Music publishers sue AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement

CMU News: Sick Of It All sue Mobb Deep over Dragon image and Supreme partnership

CMU News: Bandcamp union negotiators among the job losses at direct-to-fan firm

CMU News: X introduces dollar a year charge on basic accounts in New Zealand and the Philippines

CMU News: Universal and BandLab announce alliance around AI

CMU News: French court order operators of defunct file-sharing site to pay €489 million in damages

CMU News: Spinnin’ Records announces alliance with AI company Endel

CMU News: Patreon buys livestreaming platform Moment

CMU News: NTIA campaign encourages hearing health testing and tinnitus prevention

CMU News: Spotify adds new Merch Hub to its app

CMU News: Pras requests retrial over lobbying conviction, says lawyer bungled defence with AI

CMU News: FREENOW launches new scheme to support grassroots venues

CMU News: Hipgnosis Songs Fund scraps interim dividend after reducing expectations from Copyright Royalty Board windfall

CMU News: Megan Thee Stallion has “no label right now” and that’s how she wants it

CMU News: Kanye West in talks with distribution partners around new album

CMU News: US internet organisations support Grande’s appeal in record industry copyright battle

CMU Digest: RIAA, Utopia, Easy Life, Coldplay, Hipgnosis

CMU News: US senators propose new law to ban unauthorised AI voice clone

CMU News: SACEM formally opts out of European data mining exception, so permission must be sought for AI training

CMU News: DEAG takes full ownership of I-Motion

CMU News: 1Xtra confirms host of new Birmingham-based morning show

CMU News: Family of late Kiss guitar tech sue band over their COVID protocols during 2021 tour

CMU News: US record industry adds voice cloning sites to its official piracy gripe list

CMU News: Splice updates AI-powered Create tool

CMU News: Proposed new FTC rule would force all-in pricing on ticketing platforms in the US

CMU News: Sam Smith and Normani shouldn’t get legal costs after defeating song-theft lawsuit, argues their accuser

CMU News: Authors criticise lack of transparency around Spotify’s new audiobook offer

CMU News: Google restores functionality to smart speakers after new ruling in Sonos patent dispute

CMU News: Ticketmaster to run one-month charity upsell scheme in support of the Music Venue Trust

CMU News: DDEX to put the spotlight on music recognition technology at summit next month

CMU News: Shaun Keaveny to host new daily podcast from Global and Radio X

CMU News: Independent publisher group sets out ethnical guidelines for music-making AI

CMU News: Spotify adds new restrictions to its free tier in India

CMU News: Cardi B defamer will still owe damages despite bankruptcy

CMU News: YouTube adds podcasts in YouTube Music in the UK

CMU News: Key shareholders could block Hipgnosis to Hipgnosis catalogue sale

CMU News: Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod announces partnership with Live Nation’s Cuffe And Taylor

CMU News: Coldplay countersue former manager Dave Holmes in £14 million lawsuit

CMU News: Germany-based stream manipulation service closes down following legal action from the record industry

CMU News: Another class action lawsuit filed over this year’s Electric Zoo
CMU News: Tour poster featuring Photoshopped plane plays a key role in EasyJet’s trademark lawsuit against Easy Life

CMU News: AI Hub on Discord goes offline, probably due to music industry copyright complaints

CMU News: Hipgnosis confirms Kenny MacPherson is on leave of absence following sexual assault allegation

CMU News: Songtradr responds to letter from Bandcamp union

CMU News: Beatport Group reveals latest organisations to get support from its Diversity + Parity Fund

CMU News: Scottish Album Of The Year Award shortlist announced

CMU News: Music Venue Properties buys its first venue, Atherton’s The Snug

CMU News: Hipgnosis exec Kenny MacPherson sued over allegations of sexual harassment and assault

CMU News: BBC investigation says rogue companies are helping security staff to get licences without completing training

CMU News: Downtown announces deal with The Outer Voice Company

CMU News: Warner Music expands presence in MENA market with HuManagement alliance

CMU News: Kilimanjaro Live opens new office in Wales

CMU News: Geri Halliwell too busy as a children’s author for a Spice Girls reunion

CMU News: Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump preparing legal case on heritage artist streaming royalties

CMU News: Spotify adds free audiobook access to premium in UK and Australia

CMU News: Blue Raincoat announces charity partnership with Attitude Is Everything

CMU News: BMG settles lawsuit over poop-based ‘My Humps’ rip-off

CMU News: TikTok testing ad-free premium subscriptions

CMU News: Appeal filed in second ‘Thinking Out Loud’ song-theft case

CMU News: Ed Sheeran gets a Gold BRIT Billion award for passing ten billion UK streams

CMU News: French indie Wagram Music signs up to Deezer’s “artist centric” approach

CMU News: Spotify confirms ER proposals in Uruguay could result in it leaving the market

CMU News: BandLab announces new integrations with beats marketplace Airbit

CMU News: Universal Music partners with management firm in Egypt

CMU News: Supreme Court to consider impact of statute of limitations rule in US copyright law

CMU News: Disgraced J-pop powerhouse Johnnys announces a rebrand and restructure to distance itself from its founder

CMU News: Easy Life need to change their name because of trademark run in with EasyJet

CMU News: EU Advocate General says anti-piracy policy can access IP addresses without breaching data law

CMU News: UK Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority to start considering cases from next year

CMU News: Gamma announces partnership with Rick Ross

CMU News: TaP Music signs Eurovision winner Loreen

CMU News: Sam Fender tops Absolute Radio poll for best track of the last fifteen years

CMU Digest: Bandcamp, Rick Astley, Utopia, See Tickets, Live Nation

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