Music Business News: United States Analysis News From HYBE’s mystery acquisition to the copyright lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… News Court allows copyright infringement suit over Dua Lipa’s megahit Levitating to proceedA copyright infringement case over Dua Lipa's megahit Levitating is set to go forward News Netflix chief Ted Sarandos cashes out $6m in Spotify stockSarandos cashed out 17,710 SPOT shares on Thursday, September 12 News Spotify: We accounted for less than 1% of $10m generated in US streaming fraud caseThe company says it "invests heavily" in tools to detect and prevent streaming fraud News BMI files rate court action against SiriusXMPetition filed in New York on Thursday, September 12 News K-pop giant HYBE asks court to unmask YouTubers accusing its artists of ‘plagiarism’HYBE has filed defamation lawsuits against seven YouTube channels that it says have damaged the company's and artists' reputations. News The MLC promotes five execs in leadership roles to bolster outreach, education, and member servicesThe Mechanical Licensing Collective has distributed $2 billion to rightsholders since it launched in 2021 News PARTYNEXTDOOR named top artist-songwriter in Q2 2024 on the NMPA Gold & Platinum Program (based on RIAA certifications). Mustard named as top non-performing songwriterMeanwhile, Mustard was named the top non-performing songwriter for the second quarter of 20241 2 … 1,050 Next
Analysis News From HYBE’s mystery acquisition to the copyright lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Court allows copyright infringement suit over Dua Lipa’s megahit Levitating to proceedA copyright infringement case over Dua Lipa's megahit Levitating is set to go forward
News Netflix chief Ted Sarandos cashes out $6m in Spotify stockSarandos cashed out 17,710 SPOT shares on Thursday, September 12
News Spotify: We accounted for less than 1% of $10m generated in US streaming fraud caseThe company says it "invests heavily" in tools to detect and prevent streaming fraud
News BMI files rate court action against SiriusXMPetition filed in New York on Thursday, September 12
News K-pop giant HYBE asks court to unmask YouTubers accusing its artists of ‘plagiarism’HYBE has filed defamation lawsuits against seven YouTube channels that it says have damaged the company's and artists' reputations.
News The MLC promotes five execs in leadership roles to bolster outreach, education, and member servicesThe Mechanical Licensing Collective has distributed $2 billion to rightsholders since it launched in 2021
News PARTYNEXTDOOR named top artist-songwriter in Q2 2024 on the NMPA Gold & Platinum Program (based on RIAA certifications). Mustard named as top non-performing songwriterMeanwhile, Mustard was named the top non-performing songwriter for the second quarter of 2024