European film and audiovisual organisations call for a specific strand for their sector within the AgoraEU programme
WIPO members confirm Daren Tang as Director General for another six-year term
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
Qobuz expands library through licensing partnership with Create Music Group
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
ICE Services joins the Music Fights Fraud Alliance as a commitment to fraud identification and prevention
Believe joins DDEX as Charter Member
SABAM partners with Audoo to improve music tracking in DJ-led environments
Secretly Distribution acquires data and analytics company Babel Ops
UBC joins SCAPR’s Virtual Recording Database (VRDB) platform
Sony Music wins legal case initiated by the estates of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell over Jimi Hendrix Experience’s rights
Texas opens investigation into streaming services over allegations of payola
EU Court of Justice gives final win to producer Moses Pelham in his dispute with Kraftwerk over a two-second sample
Anthropic files motion claiming that the use of song lyrics to train AI-powered chatbot Claude was ‘transformative’
440,000 works will each receive $3,000 as part of Anthropic’s $1.5bn settlement
Notting Hill Music signs drum & bass artist Sota to a global publishing deal
Symphonic expands by offering tailored financial solutions and access to capital to artists, managers, labels and rights holders
British law firm Sound Advice has promoted Alex Meikeljohn to Partner
Indie distributor Octiive partners with Sound Royalties to provide independent artists with access to upfront funding
LyricFind appoints Alex Bellissimo as Vice President of Marketing
Deezer grows direct subscribers’ base as revenue drops 1.6% to €131.9m in Q1 2026
Calendar — Week 17, 2026
Key figures — Week 17, 2026
Main stories — Week 17, 2026
Take That’s Howard Donald signs global publishing agreement with Kobalt
Big Machine Records signs Naomi Carman to a global recording deal
Downtown Music-owned B2B distributor FUGA has sealed a new partnership with UNIFIED Music Group, in a deal that includes distribution and marketing services, as well as...
