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CMU News: Musical “magpie” Ed Sheeran in court over Shape Of You song theft claims
Monday 7 March 2022

CMU News: Dua Lipa sued a second time over Levitating
Monday 7 March 2022

CMU News: Post Malone has another go at dismissing Circles song theft claim
Monday 7 March 2022

CMU News: Cardi B returns to court to get defamatory videos taken offline
Monday 7 March 2022

CMU Digest: Ukraine response, Bandcamp, ERA, Astroworld, Dua Lipa
Sunday 6 March 2022

CMU News: Gagging order and diversity issues discussed at Astroworld court hearing
Friday 4 March 2022

CMU News: Uncleared sample lawsuit over tracks on Drake’s Scorpion album is refiled
Friday 4 March 2022

CMU News: Stream-ripper Yout continues to fight web-blocks around the world, with mixed success
Thursday 3 March 2022

CMU News: Dua Lipa sued in latest song theft case
Thursday 3 March 2022

CMU News: Pandora faces another comedy lawsuit over unlicensed jokes
Wednesday 2 March 2022

CMU News: Night-time sector calls on next London police chief to address concerns around discriminatory approach to events
Wednesday 2 March 2022

CMU News: Taylor Swift gets lesser known Shake It Off lawsuit dismissed – again
Tuesday 1 March 2022

CMU News: Peru’s government talks up web-blocking and IFPI alliance in bid to get off US piracy watch list
Monday 28 February 2022

CMU Digest: Live Nation, Utopia, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Astroworld, Megan Thee Stallion
Sunday 27 February 2022

CMU News: Appeal court judges say Jay-Z is owed royalties for former perfume partner
Friday 25 February 2022

CMU News: Dispute over Jimi Hendrix Experience catalogue should be heard in UK, say UK-based estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell
Thursday 24 February 2022

CMU News: Judge overseeing Astroworld cases issues gagging order restricting what plaintiffs and attorneys can say
Thursday 24 February 2022

CMU News: Megan Thee Stallion goes back to court to dispute label’s definition of “album”
Wednesday 23 February 2022

CMU News: Industry welcomes latest relaxation of COVID rules, but insists further government support is needed
Tuesday 22 February 2022

CMU News: Music industry has mixed reaction to removal of remaining COVID restrictions in England
Monday 21 February 2022

CMU Digest: Notorious Markets, AIF boss festival sector warning, AWAL, Dwight Yoakam, Lil Peep
Sunday 20 February 2022

CMU News: Amazon removed but Chinese web giants remain on US government’s big piracy list
Friday 18 February 2022

CMU News: R Kelly’s lawyer argues for acquittal or retrial in New York sex abuse case
Friday 18 February 2022

CMU News: Lil Peep negligence case to proceed to trial
Thursday 17 February 2022

CMU News: Former Suge Knight attorney agrees plea deal over conspiracy to pay off a witness in hip hop mogul’s murder case
Thursday 17 February 2022

CMU News: Mariah Carey gets defamation lawsuit filed by her brother cut back, but not dismissed
Thursday 17 February 2022

CMU News: Movie industry web-blocking order targets cyber-locker
Wednesday 16 February 2022

CMU News: Phoebe Bridgers responds to sound engineer’s defamation lawsuit
Tuesday 15 February 2022

CMU News: Warner Music settles its big termination rights dispute with Dwight Yoakam
Tuesday 15 February 2022

CMU News: UK competition regulator provisionally clears Sony’s acquisition of AWAL
Monday 14 February 2022

CMU News: US court awards majors nearly $83 million in damages in stream-ripping case
Monday 14 February 2022

CMU News: Music industry’s anti-piracy operations putting the focus on NFTs and the metaverse
Monday 14 February 2022

CMU Digest: Spotify, Lil Peep, Pandora, Jimi Hendrix, Global Music Rights
Sunday 13 February 2022

CMU News: Majors hit back at latest attempt by Cox to overturn billion dollar copyright ruling
Friday 11 February 2022

CMU News: Former Jimi Hendrix collaborators go legal over Experience catalogue
Thursday 10 February 2022

CMU News: Songwriters hit back at Chris Brown and Drake’s “haughty claims” in song-theft dispute
Thursday 10 February 2022

CMU News: Global Music Rights and Radio Music License Committee confirm five year dispute is over
Wednesday 9 February 2022

CMU News: Comedians sue Pandora in dispute over literary work licences
Tuesday 8 February 2022

CMU News: Four Tet signs to Universal Music Publishing, Domino albums streaming again
Tuesday 8 February 2022

CMU News: RIAA sends stern legal letter to controversial music NFTs site HitPiece
Monday 7 February 2022

CMU News: Family of Drakeo The Ruler sue promoters of the festival where he was killed
Monday 7 February 2022

CMU Digest: Spotify, Warner Music, HitPiece NFTs, Lil Yachty, Lady A
Sunday 6 February 2022

CMU News: All Time Low go legal over sexual abuse allegations on TikTok and Twitter
Friday 4 February 2022

CMU News: Opulous says Lil Yachty lawsuit is “meritless”
Thursday 3 February 2022

CMU News: Artists and managers welcome Warner’s commitment to pay royalties to unrecouped heritage artists
Wednesday 2 February 2022

CMU News: Lady As trademark battle is over
Wednesday 2 February 2022

CMU News: iHeart and Cumulus board members urged to change position on US radio royalties
Wednesday 2 February 2022

CMU News: Texas courts consolidate 387 Astroworld lawsuits
Wednesday 2 February 2022

CMU News: Artists and labels hit out at unofficial NFTs site that allows people to “own a song”
Wednesday 2 February 2022

CMU News: Joe Rogan and Daniel Ek commit to beefed up and more transparent content polices in response to Neil Young boycott
Monday 31 January 2022

CMU News: Lil Yachty sues music NFT start-up Opulous for trademark infringement
Monday 31 January 2022

CMU Digest: Neil Young, COVID, Cardi B, CMA, SGAE
Sunday 30 January 2022

CMU News: YouTuber ordered to pay Cardi B $4 million in defamation dispute vows to appeal
Friday 28 January 2022

CMU News: Apple’s legal battle with Harold Arlen estate likely to proceed to jury
Friday 28 January 2022

CMU News: UK competition regulator outlines scope of market study into music streaming
Thursday 27 January 2022

CMU News: Universal Music seeks preliminary injunction against Republic investments site in trademark battle
Wednesday 26 January 2022

CMU News: Cardi B wins defamation case against YouTuber
Tuesday 25 January 2022

CMU News: Irish appeals court considers the ongoing dispute between the country’s label and performer collecting societies
Tuesday 25 January 2022

CMU News: Think tank hits out at proposed app store regulations supported by Spotify and Epic
Tuesday 25 January 2022

CMU News: More than 25% of UK Q1 concerts cancelled as COVID concerns continue
Monday 24 January 2022

CMU News: European Parliament approves draft of Digital Services Act which is a mixed bag for the music industry
Monday 24 January 2022

CMU News: Spanish competition regulator launches new investigation into collecting society SGAE
Monday 24 January 2022

CMU Digest: BBC, FAC, Epic, Jimi Hendrix, youtube-dl
Sunday 23 January 2022

CMU News: Epic files appeal in its big battle over Apple’s App Store rules
Friday 21 January 2022

CMU News: Abba settle lawsuit with Abba Mania
Friday 21 January 2022

CMU News: Jimi Hendrix estate goes to court following royalty claim from former Experience collaborators
Thursday 20 January 2022

CMU News: COVID Passport requirement for clubs and venues in England to be axed next week
Thursday 20 January 2022

CMU News: New York court dismisses former Universal exec’s lawsuit against his ex-lawyer
Wednesday 19 January 2022

CMU News: Another VPN agrees to instigate anti-piracy web-blocks in the US
Tuesday 18 January 2022

CMU News: Major labels sue hosting company over webpage of the youtube-dl stream-ripping tool
Tuesday 18 January 2022

CMU News: Future of the BBC back in the spotlight as licence fee set to be frozen and then abolished
Monday 17 January 2022

CMU News: Houston Police Department seeks more Astroworld footage via new website
Monday 17 January 2022

CMU News: Yet another legal filing in the long-running Shake It Off song-theft legal battle
Monday 17 January 2022

CMU News: COVID Passport requirements could end in England this month, NTIA wants move to apply UK-wide
Monday 17 January 2022

CMU News: Now Coachella is annoyed about Bookchella
Monday 17 January 2022

CMU Digest: Anti-terror rules, Nevermind baby, Pimco, Dark Horse, Lucian Grainge
Sunday 16 January 2022

CMU News: Nevermind baby re-files child pornography lawsuit against Nirvana
Friday 14 January 2022

CMU News: Cox Communications says labels were wrong about supposedly missing evidence in billion dollar copyright case
Friday 14 January 2022

CMU News: Travis Scott sued over artwork used on unofficial compilation
Thursday 13 January 2022

CMU News: Chris Brown and Drake hit back over No Guidance song-theft claim
Thursday 13 January 2022

CMU News: Dark Horse litigation back in court, but judges cautious of over-extending copyright
Wednesday 12 January 2022

CMU News: Cardi B defamation case against YouTuber gets underway
Wednesday 12 January 2022

CMU News: Spotify successfully blocks Potify trademark application
Wednesday 12 January 2022

CMU News: UK government responds to consultation on new anti-terror measures at venues and events
Tuesday 11 January 2022

CMU News: Jury selected for Cardi B’s defamation action against YouTuber
Tuesday 11 January 2022

CMU News: Boutique collecting society GMR agrees provisional settlement with US radio industry
Tuesday 11 January 2022

CMU News: Bob Dylan urges court to uphold ruling in dispute with former collaborator’s estate
Monday 10 January 2022

CMU News: Stream-ripper says judge got it wrong when proposing $83 million damages bill
Monday 10 January 2022

CMU News: Nevermind artwork lawsuit dismissed – but likely to be re-filed this month
Monday 10 January 2022

CMU News: Judge declines to extend restraining order against Live Nation in Coachella trademark dispute
Thursday 30 December 2021

CMU News: Taylor Swift has one last go at getting the Shake It Off song-theft lawsuit dismissed
Wednesday 29 December 2021

CMU News: Nirvana seek dismissal of Nevermind baby lawsuit
Tuesday 28 December 2021

CMU News: Global-linked investment entity given approval to buy up to 14.99% of iHeart
Friday 24 December 2021

CMU News: Congressional committee demands documents and information from Live Nation in relation to Astroworld tragedy
Thursday 23 December 2021

CMU News: Music and night-time industries criticise UK government’s latest COVID support package
Wednesday 22 December 2021

CMU News: New Zealand Supreme Court denies MegaUpload bosses one more appeal
Wednesday 22 December 2021

CMU News: Movie industry gets some new web-blocks in place in UK and Australia
Wednesday 22 December 2021

CMU News: Lack of government support amid latest COVID surge creating a “cataclysmic Christmas” for night-time sector
Tuesday 21 December 2021

CMU News: US judge recommends that the majors should get $83 million in damages from stream-ripper
Tuesday 21 December 2021

CMU News: Coachella owner gets restraining order against Live Nation over rival Coachella-branded festival
Tuesday 21 December 2021

CMU News: Latest COVID surge has caused a spike in no-shows and cancellations, live sector survey confirms
Monday 20 December 2021

CMU News: Astroworld promoters reportedly sought to circumvent liabilities to part-time employees via post-event contract
Monday 20 December 2021

CMU News: YouTube seeks dismissal of Content ID access legal dispute
Monday 20 December 2021

CMU Digest: COVID-19, Four Tet, Midem, Music Climate Pact, 300, Bruce Springsteen
Monday 20 December 2021

CMU News: Four Tet allowed to add new legal claims over album takedowns in Domino dispute
Friday 17 December 2021

CMU News: Astroworld deaths the result of “compression asphyxia”, medical examiner confirms
Friday 17 December 2021

CMU News: Independent publishers say that re-slicing the digital pie is the “defining issue” of the moment
Friday 17 December 2021

CMU News: Rishi Sunak insists government will support businesses affected by latest COVID surge, though without any specifics as yet
Friday 17 December 2021

CMU News: Night Time Industries Association calls for urgent sector support as “pseudo-lockdown” goes into force
Thursday 16 December 2021

CMU News: Model suing Cardi B wants to bring up mixtape royalties in court
Thursday 16 December 2021

CMU News: Grassroots venues back on the brink as a result of omicron and confused government messaging
Wednesday 15 December 2021

CMU News: Coachella promoter sues over rival Coachella festival in Coachella
Wednesday 15 December 2021

CMU News: US Ninth Circuit court questions class action status of interesting performer rights case
Tuesday 14 December 2021

CMU News: Travis Scott’s first interview since Astroworld tragedy criticised by lawyers representing the victims
Monday 13 December 2021

CMU News: Lewis Black asks for his comedy to be removed from Spotify as joke copyright dispute continues
Monday 13 December 2021

CMU Digest: COVID-19, Taylor Swift, Apple, Astroworld, Audiomack
Monday 13 December 2021

CMU News: Judge again refuses to dismiss Shake It Off song-theft lawsuit against Taylor Swift
Friday 10 December 2021

CMU News: UK government’s Plan B COVID measures for England are “devastating” says night-time sector
Thursday 9 December 2021

CMU News: Apple manages to pause injunction on alternative payment links in iOS apps
Thursday 9 December 2021

CMU News: Lawyer files litigation on behalf of 1500+ more Astroworld attendees, seeks $10 billion in damages
Wednesday 8 December 2021

CMU News: Organisers of hurricane hindered Elements Festival sued by ticket-buyers
Wednesday 8 December 2021

CMU News: Travis Scott and Live Nation start responding to Astroworld lawsuits, deny allegations of negligence
Tuesday 7 December 2021

CMU News: DNS resolver Quad9 fails to overturn web-blocking order secured by Sony Music
Tuesday 7 December 2021

CMU News: Abba sues Abba Mania for trademark infringement
Tuesday 7 December 2021

CMU News: Ed Sheeran secures injunction against Viagogo over touted tickets in Germany
Tuesday 7 December 2021

CMU News: UK artist and songwriter groups welcome government commitment to music industry reform during Friday’s Brennan Bill debate
Monday 6 December 2021

CMU News: Motion filed to consolidate pre-trial proceedings in the 275+ Astroworld lawsuits
Monday 6 December 2021

CMU News: Coalition For App Fairness is not a front for Epic Games, other app makers argue as Apple tries to halt payment link injunction
Monday 6 December 2021

CMU News: Stream-ripper Yout says labels still haven’t identified the YouTube technical protection measures it is meant to be side-stepping
Monday 6 December 2021

CMU Digest: Brennan bill, comedy rights, ticket tout convictions, NetEase, Apple v Epic
Monday 6 December 2021

CMU News: Kevin Brennan MP’s controversial music copyright proposals discussed in Parliament
Friday 3 December 2021

CMU News: Comedy content removed from Spotify in dispute over joke copyrights
Thursday 2 December 2021

CMU News: Apple says Ninth Circuit should ignore other app makers when considering Epic injunction
Thursday 2 December 2021

CMU News: Families of five Astroworld victims decline Travis Scott’s offer to cover funeral costs
Wednesday 1 December 2021

CMU News: Other app makers back Epic over pending injunction that will force Apple App Store rule change
Wednesday 1 December 2021

CMU News: Google voluntarily de-lists The Pirate Bay in response to ISP-targeting web-blocking injunction
Wednesday 1 December 2021

CMU News: Former EMI boss says Kevin Brennan MP’s proposed copyright reforms will “obliterate” the label investment model
Tuesday 30 November 2021

CMU News: Apple v Epic alternative payment links dispute now in the Ninth Circuit appeals court
Tuesday 30 November 2021

CMU News: Ticket tout convictions upheld by appeals court
Monday 29 November 2021

CMU News: StubHub again accused of breaking ticket touting regulations
Monday 29 November 2021

CMU News: Copyright groups criticise EU Council’s ‘general approach’ to Digital Services Act
Monday 29 November 2021

CMU News: Night Time Industries Association welcomes UK government’s response to new COVID variant
Monday 29 November 2021

CMU Digest: Brennan bill, Four Tet, Astroworld, Night & Day, BRIT Awards
Monday 29 November 2021

CMU News: Movie producers want right to sue WOW customers it identifies as part of its safe harbour case with the internet firm
Friday 26 November 2021

CMU News: Domino says it is “saddened” by its ongoing Four Tet dispute
Thursday 25 November 2021

CMU News: Yout blocked in Brazil again following criminal copyright complaint
Thursday 25 November 2021

CMU News: Songwriter groups make final submission to review of US royalty rates on discs and downloads
Thursday 25 November 2021

CMU News: Kevin Brennan MP publishes copyright reforming bill he reckons will fix streaming
Wednesday 24 November 2021

CMU News: MMF and FAC criticise Domino over Four Tet dispute, call for an end to life of copyright record deals
Tuesday 23 November 2021

CMU News: Astroworld security guards criticise total lack of training as they sue the festival’s promoters
Tuesday 23 November 2021

CMU News: Music sharing community loses Discord presence after pre-release leak of Adele’s 30
Tuesday 23 November 2021

CMU News: Four Tet hits out at Domino for removing his albums from streaming services as legal battle over digital royalties continues
Monday 22 November 2021

CMU News: Chuck D says Live Nation not Travis Scott should be held responsible for Astroworld tragedy
Monday 22 November 2021

CMU News: Artist behind The NFT Bay says the project is a warning to potential NFT buyers
Monday 22 November 2021

CMU Digest: Spanish visas, Astroworld, music rights revenues, Tidal, Republic
Monday 22 November 2021

CMU News: Latest Astroworld lawsuit seeks $2 billion in damages
Friday 19 November 2021

CMU News: Total music right revenues rose 2.7%, according to Will Page’s latest study
Friday 19 November 2021

CMU News: Spain ends visa requirement for British artists, though post-Brexit touring challenges continue
Wednesday 17 November 2021

CMU News: New $750 million lawsuit filed over Astroworld tragedy
Wednesday 17 November 2021

CMU News: Universal Music goes legal over investment platform Republic moving into music
Tuesday 16 November 2021

CMU News: Harris County launches investigation into safety and security at Astroworld venue
Tuesday 16 November 2021

CMU News: Britney Spears’ conservatorship terminated
Monday 15 November 2021

CMU News: Tenth Astroworld victim dies
Monday 15 November 2021

CMU Digest: Astroworld, performer ER, Jay-Z, The Scala, Apple
Monday 15 November 2021

CMU News: Travis Scott urges Astroworld victims to get in touch as another festival-goer dies from her injuries
Saturday 13 November 2021

CMU News: As Taylor’s version of Red is released, FT reports on how Ithaca Holdings went about selling the rights in the original
Friday 12 November 2021

CMU News: All three security guards involved in Wargasm assault now banned from working at The Scala
Friday 12 November 2021

CMU News: Travis Scott’s attorney criticises Houston officials for inconsistent statements and “finger-pointing” in wake of the Astroworld tragedy
Thursday 11 November 2021

CMU News: MPs again call for performer ER on streams as Universal boss’s £150 million pay packet is compared to songwriter earnings
Thursday 11 November 2021

CMU News: Jay-Z wins in perfume contract dispute
Thursday 11 November 2021

CMU News: Lawyers for Astroworld victims get access to the festival’s site, as calls for independent investigation increase
Wednesday 10 November 2021

CMU News: Apple can’t postpone injunction that’s forcing it to allow in-app links to alternative payment options
Wednesday 10 November 2021

CMU News: Closing arguments presented in Jay-Z’s perfume dispute
Wednesday 10 November 2021

CMU News: Astroworld lawsuits mount up, as further statements are issued over festival tragedy
Tuesday 9 November 2021

CMU News: Legal dispute over US unions’ performer ER fees close to $8 million settlement
Tuesday 9 November 2021

CMU News: Kanye West’s Yeezy brand settles lawsuit over shipping delays in $950,000 deal
Tuesday 9 November 2021

CMU News: Another Cardi B court battle is pushed back into 2022
Tuesday 9 November 2021

CMU News: Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival subject to criminal investigation and civil action, after eight people killed during crowd surge
Monday 8 November 2021

CMU News: Universal Music investor hits back at lawsuit against his SPAC
Monday 8 November 2021

CMU Digest: Brexit, the reciprocity approach, Jay-Z, Live Nation, HYBE
Monday 8 November 2021

CMU News: Record industry campaign group makes another call for radio royalties in the US as iHeart announces big gambling deal
Friday 5 November 2021

CMU News: Cross-party group of MPs calls for urgent action on post-Brexit touring bureaucracy
Thursday 4 November 2021

CMU News: Woman pleads guilty to wire fraud charge over bogus Justin Timberlake booking
Thursday 4 November 2021

CMU News: European Parliament’s culture committee demands action from European Commission on “reciprocity” approach to international royalties
Wednesday 3 November 2021

CMU News: Britney Spears’ father again calls for his daughter’s conservatorship to be terminated ASAP
Wednesday 3 November 2021

CMU News: Damon Dash says Jay-Z feud could be over following Hall Of Fame shout out
Wednesday 3 November 2021

CMU News: Jay-Z lays into perfume company’s “crappy, lazy work” in ongoing legal battle
Tuesday 2 November 2021

CMU News: Le Tigre settle lawsuit over doo-wop lyrics
Tuesday 2 November 2021

CMU News: Jay-Z takes to the witness stand in ongoing perfume promo dispute
Monday 1 November 2021

CMU Digest: CISAC, Universal Music, COVID Passports, Epic Games, Genius
Monday 1 November 2021

CMU News: Music industry makes commitments and demands ahead of UN Climate Change Conference
Friday 29 October 2021

CMU News: Bad Wolves settle legal dispute with former frontman
Friday 29 October 2021

CMU News: UK government’s spending plans a mixed bag for the music and night-time sectors
Thursday 28 October 2021

CMU News: Genius tries to get its lyric lifting lawsuit against Google reinstated
Thursday 28 October 2021

CMU News: Dr Luke claims Kesha’s rape allegations cost him $46 million
Wednesday 27 October 2021

CMU News: Kanye West’s Yeezy company sued over slow delivery times
Wednesday 27 October 2021

CMU News: Epic hits back at Apple’s attempt to postpone App Store rule change regarding alternative payment sign-posting
Tuesday 26 October 2021

CMU News: RIAA says latest legal filing by stream-ripper Yout “fails to fix a fundamental deficiency in its pleading”
Tuesday 26 October 2021

CMU News: RCN hits out at “copyright troll” film producers in bid to get safe harbour case dismissed
Tuesday 26 October 2021

CMU News: Nirvana defeat ‘circle of hell’ copyright dispute in the US, but could now face litigation in the UK
Monday 25 October 2021

CMU News: Lil Joe Records sues former 2 Live Crew members in termination rights dispute
Monday 25 October 2021

CMU 25.10.21: CMA, UK Music, CRB, IFPI, Kobalt
Monday 25 October 2021

CMU News: Streaming services push for pre-2018 song royalty rate in US Copyright Royalty Board proceedings
Friday 22 October 2021

CMU News: R Kelly’s Chicago trial now set for next August
Thursday 21 October 2021

CMU News: Sony deal terms likely to be made public as Kesha v Dr Luke defamation case heads to trial
Thursday 21 October 2021

CMU News: Artists and songwriter groups welcome Competition & Market Authority’s streaming market study
Wednesday 20 October 2021

CMU News: UK competition regulator announces market study into music streaming
Tuesday 19 October 2021

CMU News: Spotify welcomes latest proposals in US Senate to regulate the tech giants
Tuesday 19 October 2021

CMU News: Jay-Z’s private investigator monitors supposedly COVID concerned witness as perfume dispute gets to court
Monday 18 October 2021

CMU News: Lil Wayne’s legal battle with former manager dismissed on jurisdiction grounds
Monday 18 October 2021

CMU Digest: Sony Music, Copyright Royalty Board, Black Lives In Music, Hipgnosis, Lyric Capital, Coldplay
Monday 18 October 2021

CMU News: US music publishers to push for new streaming rate of 20%
Friday 15 October 2021

CMU News: Cher sues Sonny Bono’s widow in termination rights dispute
Friday 15 October 2021

CMU News: Universal says media firm should have known junior employee couldn’t negotiate a licensing deal
Thursday 14 October 2021

CMU News: US movie companies persuade VPN and server hosting companies to instigate some web-blocks
Wednesday 13 October 2021

CMU News: Cardi B defends Paris Fashion Week trip in ongoing legal dispute with model
Tuesday 12 October 2021

CMU News: Politicians and artists use MMA anniversary to again call for radio royalties on recordings in the US
Tuesday 12 October 2021

CMU News: Secondary ticketing campaigners back call for “effective and unambiguous” new responsibilities for online marketplaces
Tuesday 12 October 2021

CMU News: Le Tigre sue in doo-wop lyrics dispute
Tuesday 12 October 2021

CMU News: UK night-time economy lost 86,000 jobs during COVID shutdown, says new NTIA report
Monday 11 October 2021

CMU News: US appeals court backs The Weeknd in song-theft dispute with British songwriters
Monday 11 October 2021

CMU News: Former KC & The Sunshine Band member Richard Finch sues Sony Music Publishing in termination right dispute
Monday 11 October 2021

CMU Digest: FLVTO/2conv, COVID Passports, Boiler Room, Friendly Fires, Driift
Monday 11 October 2021

CMU News: Court declines to dismiss Esmé Bianco’s abuse lawsuit against Marilyn Manson
Friday 8 October 2021

CMU News: South By Southwest sues its insurer over costs linked to 2020 cancellation class action
Friday 8 October 2021

CMU News: Major labels seek $83 million in damages from Russian stream-ripper
Thursday 7 October 2021

CMU News: Chris Brown and Drake accused of song-theft on No Guidance
Thursday 7 October 2021

CMU News: Friendly Fires hit out after their track is used at start of ‘Boris’ Johnson speech
Thursday 7 October 2021

CMU News: Night-time sector criticises Welsh COVID Passport scheme, as technical problem in Senedd impacts on vote
Wednesday 6 October 2021

CMU News: YouTube deletes two official R Kelly channels
Wednesday 6 October 2021

CMU News: Bad Bunny sued for allegedly sampling pioneering reggaeton mixtapes without permission
Tuesday 5 October 2021

CMU News: Night Time Industries Association says Scotland’s new COVID Passport scheme caused “chaos and confusion” this weekend
Monday 4 October 2021

CMU News: Jay-Z urged to testify in person as long-running perfume dispute heads to court
Monday 4 October 2021

CMU Digest: CAA, Sony Music, Eddy Grant, Roblox, Twitch
Monday 4 October 2021

CMU News: Britney Spears’ father criticises court ruling removing him from his daughter’s conservatorship
Friday 1 October 2021

CMU News: Britney Spears’ father removed from conservatorship role
Thursday 30 September 2021

CMU News: Cox wants to see evidence in majors v Charter copyright case in ongoing bid to overturn billion dollar judgement
Thursday 30 September 2021

CMU News: New York judge declines to dismiss Eddy Grant’s copyright case against Donald Trump
Wednesday 29 September 2021

CMU News: Long-running Shake It Off song-theft case still likely to head to a jury
Wednesday 29 September 2021

CMU News: R Kelly is guilty
Tuesday 28 September 2021

CMU News: NMPA settles with Roblox
Tuesday 28 September 2021

CMU News: Nevermind baby demands that the album’s artwork be edited on all future re-releases
Monday 27 September 2021

CMU News: WOW hits back in movie producer led repeat infringer case
Monday 27 September 2021

CMU Digest: Universal Music, Economics Of Streaming, Creators’ Earnings, Twitch, Yout
Monday 27 September 2021

CMU News: Intellectual Property Office publishes report on music-makers’ earnings
Friday 24 September 2021

CMU News: R Kelly defence lawyer cites Martin Luther King during closing arguments in sex abuse trial
Friday 24 September 2021

CMU News: MU and #brokenrecord welcome government’s economics of streaming response, but want more commitment on copyright reforms
Thursday 23 September 2021

CMU News: Closing arguments begin in R Kelly trial
Thursday 23 September 2021

CMU News: Merck Mercuriadis responds to NMPA chief and UK government on impact of majors on song royalties
Thursday 23 September 2021

CMU News: Government responds to Parliament’s economics of streaming report
Wednesday 22 September 2021

CMU News: UK government’s COVID cancellation insurance scheme launches
Wednesday 22 September 2021

CMU News: Defence calls its first two witnesses in R Kelly trial
Tuesday 21 September 2021

CMU News: Ice Cube’s Robinhood lawsuit dismissed for a second time
Tuesday 21 September 2021

CMU News: The Weeknd sued over alleged Call Out My Name song-theft
Tuesday 21 September 2021

CMU News: Stream-ripper Yout refiles its lawsuit against the record industry, argues it’s pretty easy to rip from YouTube without its app
Monday 20 September 2021

CMU News: Ice Cube’s Robinhood dispute back in court
Monday 20 September 2021

CMU News: US National Music Publishers Association close to signing Twitch deal, sources say
Monday 20 September 2021

CMU Digest: RIAA stats, Apple, COVID Passports, Little Mix, StubHub
Monday 20 September 2021

CMU News: Little Mix promoter liable for discrimination over failure to provide BSL interpreter for full show
Friday 17 September 2021

CMU News: StubHub settles with US Attorneys General over its COVID refunds policy
Thursday 16 September 2021

CMU News: Jury in R Kelly trial hear recordings of abuse
Thursday 16 September 2021

CMU News: COVID Passports remain in UK government’s Plan B for tackling the next phase of the pandemic
Wednesday 15 September 2021

CMU News: Testimonies continue in R Kelly trial
Tuesday 14 September 2021

CMU News: Nickelback fight back in Rockstar song-theft case
Tuesday 14 September 2021

CMU News: UK government scraps plans for COVID Passport requirement in English nightclubs
Monday 13 September 2021

CMU News: Epic v Apple ruling favours the tech giant, but forces big concession on the App Store’s payment rules
Monday 13 September 2021

CMU News: More legal filings submitted in record industry v Cox Communications appeal
Monday 13 September 2021

CMU Digest: AWAL, COVID Passports, economics of streaming, Viagogo, Quad9
Monday 13 September 2021

CMU News: Industry responds as Scottish Parliament backs COVID Passport requirement for clubs and ‘analogous premises’
Friday 10 September 2021

CMU News: R Kelly trial resumes with testimonies of two more accusers
Friday 10 September 2021

CMU News: Afrika Bambaataa sued over sexual abuse allegations
Friday 10 September 2021

CMU News: UK regulator approves Viagogo’s sale of StubHub outside North America
Thursday 9 September 2021

CMU News: Rihanna settles legal battle with her father
Thursday 9 September 2021

CMU News: UK competition regular says Sony’s AWAL deal raises competition concerns, leaving the major “perplexed”
Wednesday 8 September 2021

CMU News: Jamie Spears files to have Britney’s conservatorship terminated
Wednesday 8 September 2021

CMU News: FAC and MMF publish white paper on Parliament’s big streaming report
Wednesday 8 September 2021

CMU News: DNS resolver hits out at Sony Music’s web-blocking injunction
Tuesday 7 September 2021

CMU News: UK vaccines minister defends new COVID Passport requirement for clubs
Monday 6 September 2021

CMU News: R Kelly trial hears from more former girlfriends and the minister who officiated musician’s marriage to Aaliyah
Monday 6 September 2021

CMU News: Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance publishes its proposals for beefed up anti-piracy measures in EU’s Digital Services Act
Monday 6 September 2021

CMU Digest: Apple, PayPerformers, Universal Music, disability study, Primephonic
Monday 6 September 2021

CMU News: Spotify welcomes Apple App Store concessions, but sets out its other demands
Friday 3 September 2021

CMU News: Apple to allow Spotify and Netflix to link app users to payment websites from next year
Thursday 2 September 2021

CMU News: PayPerformers says the “contractual system” for sharing out streaming income isn’t working
Thursday 2 September 2021

CMU News: Tencent confirms its exclusivity deals have been cancelled
Thursday 2 September 2021

CMU News: R Kelly trial hears from three more accusers
Wednesday 1 September 2021

CMU News: John Lydon responds to loss in court over Sex Pistols band agreement
Wednesday 1 September 2021

CMU News: Movie companies busy filing repeat infringer litigation now targeting VPNs
Tuesday 31 August 2021

CMU Digest: Nirvana, Sex Pistols, Megan Thee Stallion, TekSavvy, Flo & Eddie
Monday 30 August 2021

CMU News: Canadian ISP takes web-blocking debate to the country’s Supreme Court
Friday 27 August 2021

CMU News: Jury in R Kelly trial hear from third accuser
Friday 27 August 2021

CMU News: New lawsuit over ‘Nevermind’ album cover poses plenty of interesting questions
Thursday 26 August 2021

CMU News: Night Time Industries Association continues to pile on pressure over COVID Passports
Thursday 26 August 2021

CMU News: Sirius wins in the final chapter of Flo & Eddie’s big battle for pre-1972 radio royalties
Wednesday 25 August 2021

CMU News: Better Noise Music sues former Bad Wolves frontman
Wednesday 25 August 2021

CMU News: Megan Thee Stallion gets court order to allow release of BTS collaboration
Wednesday 25 August 2021

CMU News: Jury hears how R Kelly cut victims off from their families in ongoing sex abuse trial
Wednesday 25 August 2021

CMU News: John Lydon loses legal battle over Sex Pistols band agreement
Tuesday 24 August 2021

CMU News: Jury hears from a second accuser at R Kelly trial
Tuesday 24 August 2021

CMU News: Night-time sector calls on government of axe plans to force COVID vaccine checks at clubs
Tuesday 24 August 2021

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