The European Commission's competition division has given the green light to the acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings by Universal Music Group's distribution and services unit for the independent sector Virgin Music Group (VMG). In a February 13 decision, the Commission said the approval was "conditional upon full compliance with the commitments offered by the companies, which entail the full divestment of Downtown's royalty accounting platform Curve Royalty Systems, Ltd ('Curve')." In a statem...

Daren Tang, the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has been elected by the WIPO Coordination Committee for a second six-year term. Tang was first elected by WIPO’s 83-member Coordination Committee in March 2020 from a list of six candidates. He previously served as the Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS).

This time, The Coordination Committee, held one round of voting from a list of two candidates. The second candidate ...

US Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) have introduced the Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR) Act, a bipartisan legislation designed "to protect the intellectual property rights of creators and encourage transparency in the development of artificial intelligence (AI)." The CLEAR Act, which has received the support of a wide range of organisations from the creative sector, would "require a notice be submitted to the Register of Copyrights with respect to cop...