Following its June 16 Annual General Meeting, the French Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers (SACEM) announced its renewed Board of Directors for 2026-2027 with songwriter and performer Christine Lidon elected as President of the Board. Lidon takes over from film score composer Patrick Sigwalt, who served for two consecutive one-year mandate from 2024 and could not seek reelection. Lidon was first elected Chair of the Board in June 2023 and served for a one-year mandate. She made ...

The State Agency for Intellectual Property (AGEPI) from the Republic of Moldova has suspended the activities of collective management organisation AUTORITY, effective from June 11, 2026 for a period of six months. AUTORITY was initially approved as a collective management organisation for the management of copyright in musical and audiovisual works by the AGEPI on March 6, 2023. AGEPI recently conducted an audit of organisation and found some "irregularities."

Following the audit, AGEPI requ...

Privately-owned US music rights society Global Music Rights (GMR) has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California against online radio operator Music Choice for “repeatedly and willfully" infringing upon GMR repertoire. GMR alleges that Music Choice has "publicly performed no fewer than 95 GMR compositions without authorisation." GMR contends that even after receiving formal notice to stop playing GMR works, Music Choice "kept performin...