US Department of Justice takes down three popular pirate sites from Bulgaria
European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs adopts report on Generative AI and Copyright calling for transparency rules
European Commission agrees on the proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA)
Reps. Madeleine Dean and Nathaniel Moran introduce the TRAIN Act to protect creators from unauthorised AI training
European Commission likely to clear UMG’s acquisition of Downtown — Report
Simon Hutson appointed Chief Executive Officer at the Copyright Licensing Agency
Merlin inks pact with AI music company Udio ensuring ‘fair compensation’
Universal Music Group and NetEase Cloud Music renew multi-year license agreement
BMG combines all licensing units into one new global service, SYNC+
Digital deals — Week 2, 2026
Media Press Group partners with ISAN International Agency on AV identifiers
IMRO expands partnership with Audoo
Primary Wave Music acquires a stake in music financing platform RUN
Richard and Ace Burgess launch AudioNumber and Interline Media Group
US Copyright Office releases updated copyright registration bulk dataset containing 22 million records
Music publishers file second infringement lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, seeking $3 billion in damages
Record labels and Spotify slap Anna’s Archive with copyright infringement lawsuit for scrapping 86 million music files
Book publishers file motion to join copyright infringement case against Google
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
Wise Music Group’s Campbell Connelly signs Clara Mann to a global publishing deal
‘Zootopia 2’ and ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ boost Disney’s quarterly revenues to $26.0bn
Vittorio Coppola and Luca Stocco sign global publishing agreement with BMG
Universal Music Publishing Group and NWS Music Group sign Zach Nahome to a worldwide music publishing deal
Calendar — Week 5, 2026
Native Instruments has entered into preliminary insolvency proceedings
Quotes of the week — Week 5, 2026
Key figures — Week 5, 2026
Main stories — Week 5, 2026
Music deals — Week 5, 2026
Musical chairs — Week 5, 2026
Reservoir Media has signed a new global publishing deal with Kings of Leon, in a deal that includes the US rock band’s upcoming album 'Can We...
