Alphabet's Google has dropped its appeal against the €500 million fine imposed by France's competition authority (Autorité de la concurrence) following Google's reluctance to engage in "good faith" negotiations with news publishers and sign remuneration deals for the use of news content.

France was the first country in Europe to transpose Article 15 of the European Copyright Directive, which introduced a news neighbouring right. In addition to accepting the fine — which has been paid last ye...

Seattle-based music licensing marketplace SyncFloor has launched a subscription offering on top of its existing pay-as-you-go model. The new tier is designed to provide "a new level of access to their high-quality and pre-cleared catalogue of commercial music."

The new pricing tier is particularly adapted to fitness companies, with a "simpler licensing framework to address the needs of the broader digital fitness market," according to SyncFloor.

“305 is thrilled to work with the SyncFloo...

Music streaming and discovery platform Audiomack and Universal Music Group (UMG) have confirmed a new licensing agreement that will make UMG content available to Audiomack subscribers across Africa, the United Kingdom and Canada. This new deal expands on a previously signed licensing agreement between Audiomack and UMG for the US.

With this new expansive agreement, a curated selection of UMG content is now available for Audiomack users in 16 African countries (Algeria, Benin, Cameroon, Cong...