USTR calls for comments to inform its annual Notorious Markets List
Australia’s creative sector objects to the proposal of creating a new fair dealing exception for text and data mining
Senators Tillis, Coons, Blackburn and Schiff introduce the Block BEARD Act of 2025 to combat foreign piracy websites
American Federation of Musicians and The New York Times join the Copyright Alliance
Moldova will join EU’s Creative Europe programme on 1 January 2026
AMRA inks direct multi-territorial, multi-year licensing agreement with Spotify
Music deals — Week 32, 2025
Spotify inks multi-year direct licensing deal with Kobalt covering the US market
BandLab introduces an option for rights holders to make their music available for licensing to train AI models
BBC threatens AI startup Perplexity of legal action for allegedly scrapping content
Metadata platform Noctil launches OrgLink to facilitate secured data sharing
Meta’s Dan Simpson elected Chair of the Board of data standards organisation DDEX
SCAPR’s annual report reflects on neighbouring rights societies’ growth, relevance and expanded global footprint
PRS for Music’s royalty payouts for online streaming are now distributed monthly
Cyanite joins DDEX’s membership
Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI for engaging in unfair competition
New York District Court rejects Perplexity AI’s motion to dismiss in News Corp’s copyright infringement case
Court denies Anthropic’s motion to stay in class action lawsuit over the use of online pirated books to train AI models
Jake Holmes and Jimmy Page settle lawsuit over the credits for ‘Dazed & Confused’
SOCAN sues Festival d’été de Québec for alleged unpaid performance royalties
ERA opens membership to the wider entertainment industry
Atlus signs global recording deal with BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville
ONErpm signs rock band Jack Mannequin to a worldwide recording agreement
IFPI’s Victoria Oakley urges Indian music industry to grow streaming subscription
Calendar — Week 32, 2025
Key figures — Week 32, 2025
Main stories — Week 32, 2025
Distribution company LabelWorx is integrating SongTools’ suite of tools
Julia Cole signs global recording deal with broke records
Mom+Pop Music signs distribution and marketing deal with Virgin Music Group
Ross Golan named Co-Chair of the Recording Academy’s Songwriters & Composers Wing
Orla Lee-Fisher has been appointed to the new role of Head of Dual Catalogue Strategy at Warner Music Group. In her new role, she will deploy...
