Spotify has removed 500,000 streams from Malcolm Todd’s ‘Earrings’, which suddenly topped the platform’s US chart this week. It’s thought the track may have been artificially boosted by traders on the ...

The copyright status of the ‘dembow riddim’ that originates in a Steely & Clevie track and has been used in so many reggaeton records will be decided by a jury. Experts disagree over whether the beat ...

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London four-piece alphabet have built a real following off the back of barely any recorded music, which says something about what happens when you actually see them play. A sold-out headline show at ...

APRA AMCOS has utilised an investigation by The Atlantic to identify the many Australian artists whose work has been used for AI training without licence. It comes as the tech sector lobbies ...

The deal agreed between the US Department Of Justice and Live Nation earlier this year, settling the DoJ’s antitrust lawsuit against the live music company, has been heavily criticised. But in new ...

Pan-European indie label trade group IMPALA has published a new plan to transform the digital music market, with five headline objectives. Among other things it criticises the controversial payment th ...

The European Commission is currently drafting a new EU Digital Fairness Act, and live music and consumer rights groups reckon it should include a ban of dynamic pricing for live events. They say ...

AI will remain a major talking point in the music industry throughout 2026. Pretty much all the big copyright questions and disputes relating to generative AI remain unanswered and unresolved. However ...

PRS has once again defeated Blur drummer Dave Rowntree’s black box royalties lawsuit - this time in the Court Of Appeal - after the Competition Tribunal previously refused to certify the class action ...

In a wide ranging interview on the 20VC podcast, Suno.ai boss Mikey Shulman has outlined his vision for music in the age of AI, saying that AI generated music is an opportunity to drive greater ...