Rep. Lloyd Smucker introduces legislation to ‘counter’ Canada’s Online Streaming Act
US Senators Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch urge ByteDance to ‘shut down’ AI video tool Seedance 2.0 — Report
British Society of Authors launches the Human Authored scheme to help identify non-AI-generated works
European Parliament adopts AI report on the protection of copyrighted work and the EU’s creative sector in the age of AI
Large video-on-demand services in the UK are now regulated by OFCOM
News/Media Alliance signs opt-in AI licensing agreement with Bria
Alfons Karabuda joins the board of Servo’s parent MusicDataLabs Sweden
Symphonic inks opt-in deal for artists to access SourceAudio’s AI music dataset licensing marketplace
Chelsea Johnson joins Meta as Publishing Operations Lead for North America
ClicknClear signs global licensing deal with Universal Music Group to facilitate the use of pre-cleared music in sporting events
Warner Music Group acquires B2B music and data management platform Revelator
Bridger signs deals with BMI, SUISA, MCT and ABRAMUS after getting Client Rights Management Entity status from CISAC
Martin Talbot steps down as Chief Executive of the UK’s Official Charts Company
Anghami and Cyanite partner to enrich songs using AI-generated music metadata
Nielsen’s Gracenote sues OpenAI for using proprietary metadata without license or compensation
US citizen pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit music streaming fraud
Chinese court gives South Korea’s MBC a win in infringement case against Bilibili
Sony Music settles infringement case with the University of Southern California
US Supreme Court shuts down record labels’ case against Cox Communications
Brian Miller promoted to Chief Business Officer at TuneCore
Kobalt signs Los Angeles-based duo The Wavys to a global publishing deal
fliss signs global publishing agreement with PULSE Music Group
Position Music and Born & Raised Publishing have signed Sean Silverman to a global publishing agreement
EREN Groupe acquires majority stake in classical music agency Intermusica
Music marketing startup Soundlink raises $2m in a round led by Create Music Group
Global video streaming subscription revenue to hit $200bn by 2030 — Report
Symphonic acquires YouTube monetisation platform Distro Nation
OpenAI pulls the plug on its AI-powered short video generator app Sora
[An edited version of this story was published in Music Week] By Emmanuel Legrand A2IM's Richard Burgess One weekend in April 2016, Richard James Burgess is...
