News UMG’s Bravado targets A$AP Rocky merch bootleggers on ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ tour with trademark suit, seizure order A trademark infringement complaint was filed on Thursday June 11
News Cortez Bryant invests in AI-powered artist management platform MNGRS.AI, joins company as Strategic Advisor Manager known for his work with Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj becomes the startup's first US-based music industry investor.
News Suno’s latest legal opponent fought the tobacco industry – and won a quarter of a trillion dollars Hagens Berman has joined forces with Delgado Entertainment Law to represent indie artists whose recordings were allegedly copied without permission.
Analysis The majors and BMG asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that lets songwriters reclaim copyrights worldwide. Five things to know about Vetter v. Resnik For about 50 years, the industry believed termination only affected US rights. This ruling would make those rights worldwide for the first time.
News Nvidia hit with US copyright suit claiming it trained AI models on Winamp subsidiary Jamendo’s music without permission Jamendo is seeking an injunction, plus actual damages and Nvidia's profits of "no less than" EUR €17.8 million (approx. USD $20.3 million).
News Ex-Blackstone exec Vlado Spasov launches $1.5B alternative asset manager Trimontium – music rights among target assets Trimontium says its target areas also include "uncorrelated" asset classes such as IP rights and royalties.
News Spotify wins dismissal of lawsuit claiming it allowed ‘billions’ of fraudulent Drake streams In November 2025, rapper RBX claimed Spotify failed to curb "mass-scale fraudulent streaming," stripping royalties from other rights holders.
News [PIAS] acquires Signum Records, the independent classical label home to The King’s Singers Co-Founder Steve Long will remain as Managing Director, the company announced on Tuesday (June 23).
News Music industry leaders, megastars pay tribute to Clive Davis Rob Stringer, Patti Smith, Alicia Keys, the Lipmans, Merck Mercuriadis, and more pay tribute to legendary record exec
News Majors and BMG ask US Supreme Court to overturn copyright termination ruling they say will cause ‘chaos’ The rightsholders said the decision will cause "chaos" across the music business if it is allowed to stand.
News MF Doom estate and Temu reach settlement in lawsuit over alleged knock-off merch The plaintiff, Gas Drawls, LLC, owns the rights to MF Doom's music and intellectual property
News Tech startup RTM Audio launches AI music detector UAI, which issues a signed certificate with every verdict RTM Audio was founded by mixing and mastering engineers Ohad Nissim, Teezio, and Calin Enache, alongside music attorney Matt Buser
News Spotify opens Istanbul office as Turkish music tops 294 billion all-time streams on the platform Spotify says streams of Turkish music on its platform have grown over 190% in five years
News Irving Azoff’s Music Artists Coalition among 31 groups warning against ‘misuse’ of artist and songwriter rights in AI deals Orgs representing artists, songwriters and music managers issue open letter over AI deals
Analysis News From Lionel Richie’s voice trademark bid to the Michael Jackson biopic box-office record… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News Major labels in Canada win site-blocking order targeting stream-ripping platforms – a first for the country’s music industry ISPs are ordered to block stream-ripping domains including Y2mate.ws, YTmp3.lat, Savefrom.space, and Spowload.cc.
News Motion Agency launches pan-European commercial radio promotion service, appoints Nick Bray as Head of Radio Motion's first campaign under Bray's direction is the radio promotion of Jorja Smith's single, 'What's Done Is Done'
News Adam Tiran named General Manager of Warner Music’s Africori as founder Yoel Kenan steps down as CEO WMG was fully acquired Africori in 2025