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Why Are Digital Rights Platforms Not Disrupting the Indie Biz Like...

Variety reports: "COVID-19 lockdowns have provided the perfect backdrop for companies seeking to reinvent the world of content distribution. With international travel restricted and...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...