Moldova officially joins Creative Europe as the European Commission evaluates the impact of the programme on the sector
Korean Association of Newspapers opposes government plans to allow the use of copyrighted material to train AI models
Copyright Alliance adds Recording Academy’s Kim Alton and NMPA’s Shannon Sorensen as at-large board members
Senators Peter Welch and Marsha Blackburn introduce legislation to simplify copyright registration for visual artists
India is considering the introduction of a mandatory blanket license to train AI models with copyright-protected content
Merlin unveils its new Board as Charlie Lexton starts his mandate as CEO
SourceAudio partners with Native Instruments to provide AI datasets
PRS for Music and IPRS partner for the launch of Apple Fitness+ in India
Universal Music Group inks new strategic agreement with gaming platform Roblox
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The New York Times’ Hannah Poferl named Chief Data Officer at Universal Music Group
Ircam Amplify joins Music Fights Fraud
The boards of ADAMI and SCPP agree to a joint data and royalty distribution tool
CISAC launches new service ISWC IPI Context Search to identify creator’s Interested Party Information numbers
NMPA and US music publishers hit by antitrust lawsuit filed by X Corp for ‘anticompetitive conduct’
New York court rejects Salt-N-Pepa’s bid to reclaim rights to their recordings
Indian Performing Right Society takes legal action against hospitality venues playing unlicensed music
Appeals court rules in favour of Paramount in ‘Top Gun’ infringement case
US news organisations sue OpenAI and Microsoft; Québec’s La Presse accuses OpenAI of ‘pillaging our content’
Sony Music Publishing and Amusement sign Jon Buscema to a global agreement
ICMP taps UMPG’s John Reston as Chair of the Industry Metrics Expert Group
Global video and TV content investment will grow to $255 billion in 2026, up 2%
Pat Metheny releases first recording on his new label Uniquity Music with Primary Wave
Spotify expands monetisation programme for video podcasters and launches new API
Media Partners Asia predicts Asia-Pacific’s screen revenues to hit $196bn by 2030
FreshTunes unveils new ‘faster and easier’ royalty payments system for artists
Universal Music Group seals ‘responsible AI’ partnership with NVIDIA
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