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Sony generated $2.70 billion from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q4, as ATEEZ topped firm’s global sales chart

Sony’s global music rights operation – across recorded music and music publishing – generated USD $2.70 billion in the three months to end of December 2024. That’s according to MBW’s calculations based on Sony Group Corp’s calendar Q4 2024 (fiscal Q3) results, as announced by the Japanese firm today (February 13). The $2.70 billion figure … Continued

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Using copyrighted content to train AI without permission is not ‘fair use’, US court rules in Thomson Reuters case

However, the ruling might not apply to the music industry’s lawsuits against generative AI developers

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Henry Naldjian promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Sony Music Publishing

Exec to oversee company’s ongoing "technological transformation efforts"

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UK court rejects Sony’s bid to throw out case over ownership of Jimi Hendrix’s music

The estates of Jimi Hendrix Experience bandmembers Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell are suing for copyright infringement

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Daniel Ek cashed out another $37.3m in Spotify shares as stock hit new high

Spotify’s stock surged to a new all-time high of $626 this week, boosting the company's market cap to $125.71 billion

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Spotify market cap value tops $124bn – as stock price hits record high after posting first full year of profit

Spotify’s shares jumped 13% on Tuesday to $621.77, crossing the $600 threshold for the first time

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Can AI-generated content be copyrighted? Here’s what a new report from the US Copyright Office says…

A work that combines human creativity with AI can be copyrighted, so long as there is a “sufficient” amount of human expression

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Tuned Global rolls out AI music features via AudioShake partnership

Tuned Global’s clients will now be able to separate songs and generate word-by-word lyric transcriptions