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Hipgnosis Songs Fund Now Owns a Music Catalog Worth Over $2.2...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Hipgnosis is the owner of a catalog that has been independently valued at USD $2.21 billion, the UK-listed company revealed...
Twitch expresses ‘disappointment’ with music industry recent DMCA claims
Hypebot reports: "Twitch has expressed “disappointment” after a recent round of DMCA takedown notices ignited exactly the response one might expect from the music...
Roblox Says $200m+ Copyright Lawsuit Is Based on a ‘Fundamental Misunderstanding’....
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Video gaming platform Roblox has responded to being hit with a $200 million-plus copyright infringement lawsuit from music publishers in...
Primary Wave Raises $375m Investment From Oaktree Capital, Sells Minority Stake
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Primary Wave Music just got a major cash injection. The company has finalized what it calls a “strategic relationship” with...
Sony Music to Waive Unrecouped Debts for Pre-2000 Acts as Part...
Variety reports: "Sony Music Entertainment has announced “an expansion of the comprehensive support we provide to thousands of our artists around the world” via...
No, NFTs aren’t copyrights
TechCrunch reports: "For contemporary artists, attaching work to the blockchain in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) may seem like a secure and...
Facebook steps up efforts to study deepfakes
CNET reports: "Facebook has been studying a way to figure out if deepfake images come from the same source, research that could help the...
Hipgnosis Is Raising Another $210 Million via a New Share Issue...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Hipgnosis Songs Fund is raising more cash, via the placing of a new tranche of shares on the London Stock...
Goldman Sachs ramps up bitcoin trading in new partnership with Mike...
CNBC reports: "Goldman Sachs’ efforts to help hedge funds and other big institutional clients wager on bitcoin have taken a step forward. The bank...
Music licensing marketplace Songtradr raises $50M
TechCrunch reports: "Music licensing marketplace Songtradr this morning announced a $50 million Series D. The oversubscribed round — which features Regal, Aware Super, Perennial,...
