Posts by Murray Stassen

Operation LUMEN targets 317 music piracy sites reaching 5.4 million visitors across Latin America

IFPI says the operation brings together authorities from Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador

Robert Palmer estate strikes deal with Primary Wave covering publishing and recording catalogs, plus name, image & likeness rights

Palmer recorded 14 studio albums and three live albums

YouTube extends exclusive Coachella livestream deal with Goldenvoice through 2030

Alphabet-owned platform and festival promoter Goldenvoice have renewed their exclusive livestream and content partnership

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South Korean prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for Kakao founder in appeal over SM Entertainment stock case (report)

Kakao Corp. founder Kim Beom-su has denied the allegations

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Charles Goldstuck’s GoldState makes minority investment in Podium Entertainment, as Flexpoint Ford and Shamrock Capital buy audiobook publisher in reported $400M+ deal

'Podium is poised to take full advantage of the changing landscape for audio around the globe,' said Goldstuck

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Khosla Ventures-backed AI music company GRAI acquires social music platform Hangout

Hangout launched in November 2024 with a catalog of over 100 million tracks, licensed from Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Merlin.

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Suno hit with another proposed class action over data breach that leaked information of 55M users

The named plaintiff is Michael Beckham, whom the filing describes as an adult domiciled in Huron, South Dakota.

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Universal and Warner press court to end US musicians’ lawsuit over Udio, Suno deals

The case rests on Article 21(a) of the Sound Recording Labor Agreement, the union's collective bargaining agreement with the record companies.

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Anthropic bought songbooks, scanned them, and destroyed them, music publishers allege – now they want to know which songs were in them.

Both sides set out their positions in statements filed on Friday (September 11)

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Cyril Vetter asks US Supreme Court to reject challenge by majors and BMG to ruling that lets songwriters reclaim copyrights worldwide

Songwriter's lawyers filed a brief in opposition on Monday, September 14

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MNRK Music Group acquires recorded catalog of Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society

Catalog spans more than two decades and contains 11 studio albums

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Panic! at the Disco company sues online sellers over counterfeit merch

The suit brings two counts under the Lanham Act: trademark infringement and counterfeiting

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US musicians’ union files opposition to Universal and Warner motions to dismiss, saying members’ recordings were ‘fed into AI systems for commercial exploitation’

The American Federation of Musicians has filed its opposition to the motions to dismiss brought by Universal Music Group, Inc., Warner Records, Inc., and Atlantic Recording Corp. in its lawsuit over the labels’ licensing deals with AI companies. In the filing, submitted to a New York federal court on Friday (September 4), the union says … Continued

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Warner Music France boss Alain Veille elected President of SNEP, as Bertrand Burgalat steps down after six years

The organization also set out its priorities for the new mandate under Veille

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France’s recorded music market grew 3.5% in H1 2026… with subscription streaming revenues up 7.5% YoY

SNEP has also outlined its chart eligibility policies for AI-generated tracks