2026 MAY 2026 – May 11-14: Music Biz 2026 organised by the Music Business Association in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. – May 13-16: The Great Escape in Brighton, England.

- May 26-28: ICMP Music Minds Europe in Berlin, organised by the International Confederation of Music Publishers. JUNE 2026 – June 1-6: SXSW London 2026. - June 3-7: Primavera Pro '26 in Barcelona. – June 4: General Assembly of the International Confederati...

These are the main stories published by Creative Industries News in the past week: COPYRIGHT & REGULATION> IMPALA calls for a coordinated EU industrial strategy for culture LITIGATION> Publishers file putative class action suit against Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for infringing textual works to train AI models> Sony Music wins legal case initiated by the estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell over Jimi Hendrix Experience’s rights> Texas opens investigatio...

"This is the first case by major publishers working together across sectors, in the AI infringement space, and it stands to tell a clear and powerful story about Meta's reckless actions and the growing trail of market harm in its path. Meta has said that its product is transformative, and therefore fair use. But fair use is an equitable doctrine, and there is nothing equitable about what Meta has done."By Maria A. Pallante, President and CEO of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), ...