France’s Senate unanimously adopts the bill introducing a presumption of use of cultural content by AI providers
Bill creating a presumption of exploitation of cultural content by AI companies introduced in the French Senate
Albanese Government passes first ever orphan works legislation in Australia
Belgium’s Constitutional Court confirms video streaming services must contribute to the production of local content
The Trump Administration releases new National AI Legislative Framework
Kobalt and AI-powered music creation platform Udio form strategic partnership
News/Media Alliance signs opt-in AI licensing agreement with Bria
Alfons Karabuda joins the board of Servo’s parent MusicDataLabs Sweden
Symphonic inks opt-in deal for artists to access SourceAudio’s AI music dataset licensing marketplace
Chelsea Johnson joins Meta as Publishing Operations Lead for North America
Secretly Distribution acquires data and analytics company Babel Ops
UBC joins SCAPR’s Virtual Recording Database (VRDB) platform
Warner Music Group acquires B2B music and data management platform Revelator
Bridger signs deals with BMI, SUISA, MCT and ABRAMUS after getting Client Rights Management Entity status from CISAC
Martin Talbot steps down as Chief Executive of the UK’s Official Charts Company
Universal Music Group settles infringement case with Believe/TuneCore
US citizen pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit music streaming fraud
Chinese court gives South Korea’s MBC a win in infringement case against Bilibili
Sony Music settles infringement case with the University of Southern California
Seeker Music acquires Nu Shooz’s recordings and publishing catalogues
Warner Music Central Europe and Spinnin’ Records launch German imprint
Dynamite Songs names Claudia Namukasa as Catalogue Manager and Charlotte Hancock as Rights Acquisition Manager
peermusic signs Eyelar to a go-forward worldwide publishing deal including a joint venture to sign emerging talent
Universal Music Group confirms receiving ‘unsolicited and non-binding’ acquisition proposal from Pershing Square
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SPEDIDAM announces the departure of Managing Director Guillaume Damerval
US songwriter and producer Terry Lewis — one half of production and songwriting partnership Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis — has joined the Board of Directors...
