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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.

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

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.

Superfan platform EVEN partners with Cinq Music to bring D2C tools to indie company’s global artist roster

The Cinq deal follows a run of distributor and label partnerships for EVEN over the past year.

US appeals court revives copyright case against Ricky Martin over 2014 FIFA World Cup album track ‘Vida’

An appeals court vacated a lower court order that had granted Martin summary judgment against songwriter Luis Adrián Cortés-Ramos.

Sir Lucian Grainge highlights global opportunity for Japanese artists ahead of Music Awards in Tokyo, where UMG artists Fujii Kaze and Mrs. GREEN APPLE win top prizes

Grainge delivered remarks at an official gala for Music Awards Japan, according to UMG.

HarbourView strikes catalog deal with Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan is an 11-time GRAMMY Award-winner

‘Michael’ becomes highest-grossing music biopic in history – overtaking ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ with $911M+ at global box office

Total comprises $358.6M domestically and $553.3M from international markets