By Emmanuel Legrand The music industry will have to adjust to a series of "mega trends" if it wants to continue to grow in the new...
By Emmanuel Legrand British creative sector has expressed its disappointment at the UK government's decision not to implement the European Union's Copyright Directive into domestic law....
By Emmanuel Legrand AVL Digital Group, a subsidiary of US independent music group Downtown Music Holdings, has acquired B2B music technology and services company FUGA. Terms...
By Emmanuel Legrand MLC's Kris Ahrend Kris Ahrend has been appointed CEO of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), the new rights management organisation set up to...
By Emmanuel Legrand Independent labels agency Merlin has inked a multi-territory licensing deal with TikTok, signaling that the Chinese-owned short-video platform is opening a new chapter...
Songtrust, the global royalty collection platform owned by US independent music company Downtown Music Holdings, has had a stellar year 2019 with milestone growth. During the...
By Emmanuel Legrand A ruling by Barcelona's Commercial Court just before Christmas has opened a new sequence in the on-going saga involving Spanish authors' society SGAE...
By Emmanuel Legrand The US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division will file a petition asking the court to clarify and extend by five and a half...
By Emmanuel Legrand The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that reselling electronic books violates EU copyright law, following a request from...
By Emmanuel Legrand A consortium of investors - led by Tencent Holdings, parent company to Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), operator of China's leading music streaming...
