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Universal Buys Bob Dylan Publishing Rights, Acquiring Catalog Worth Hundreds of...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "MBW understands that the buyout, conducted via Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), sees Universal acquire both the publisher and writer...

Stream-Ripping Is Next Frontier for Piracy Wars

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "The Recording Industry Association of America runs into some pushback after objecting to a tool that creates permanent copies of...

Hip-Hop Streaming Platform Spinrilla Found Liable for Users’ Copyright Infringement

Billboard reports: "Hip-hop streaming platform Spinrilla is liable for copyright infringement by its users, a Georgia federal judge has ruled in a big win...

Libra cryptocurrency project changes name to Diem to distance itself from...

The Verge reports: "The Libra cryptocurrency is getting a new name today, Diem, in an effort to show that the project has “organizational independence”...

Comcast Must Face Sports TV Antitrust Suit

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "A federal judge partially accepts a complaint from Stan Kroenke's Altitude Sports over a negotiating impasse with Comcast over a...

TikTok Inks Multi-Year Licensing Deal With ICE

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Pan-European licensing hub ICE and TikTok have agreed a multi-year licensing deal for the musical works represented by the ICE...

‘Several Hundred Million Dollars’ In Black Box Royalties Is Due To...

Hypebot reports: "We’ve known for years that there is a large pool of unpaid royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, and other digital service providers....

Could Epidemic Sound Really Be Worth More Than $1bn?

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Epidemic Sound, the controversial Stockholm-headquartered production music house, is reportedly considering an IPO or sale at a company valuation of...

Taylor Swift’s Masters: What Shamrock Gets for $300 Million, Why It...

Variety reports: "What the fund? The rights to the first six albums by Taylor Swift, arguably the most commercially popular artist in the world,...

Songtradr Acquires UK-Based Sync Licensing Company Cuesongs

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Los Angeles-based B2B music licensing marketplace Songtradr has acquired UK-based boutique sync licensing company, Cuesongs." Read more