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Movie, Music and Sports Industries Urge EU to Keep Geo-Blocking in Place 
Threatened by potential EU regulatory changes, the movie, music, and sports industries are vehemently defending the practice of geo-blocking, as an essential part of their business models. Rightsholde...
Global recorded music revenues rose 6.5% to $36.2bn in 2024, says MIDiA Research
IFPI is expected to release the official global recorded music revenue results for 2024 this month, but in the meantime, the clever number crunchers at MIDiA Research have published their own estimate...
Moonvalley’s Marey AI-video model was trained on licensed content
Amid all the arguments about AI and copyright, it’s encouraging to see some companies making ethical training part of their launch pitches. An example outside music this week is Moonvalley, a US st...
Audoo Partners with GEMA on Music Impact Study
Music tech company Audoo has partnered with the German performing rights society GEMA for a music impact study utilizing Audoo’s meters. Audoo meters installed in hundreds of venues recognized over ...
Spotify Audiobooks Add Indie Publishing Program for Short Works
Less than one month after bolstering support for AI-narrated audiobooks, Spotify has rolled out a publishing program for independent authors looking to sell “bite-sized” works. The diversificatio...
Bria raises $40m to expand attribution engine to AI-generated music content
Bria, a visual gen AI platform built on what it says is “100% licensed data” has closed $40 million in Series B funding, bringing its total capital raised to $65 million. The company says it wil...
Half of Spotify’s Royalties Are Going to Indie Artists
Spotify updated its annual Loud and Clear report on Wednesday, confirming that for a second consecutive year, the streaming giant paid out half of its royalties to independent artists. Of the $10 bi...
French publishers and authors file lawsuit against Meta in AI case
France’s leading publishing and authors’ associations have filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Meta , opens new tab for allegedly using copyright-protected content on a massive scale without a...
With launch of AI Mode Google threatens to bleed news media dry (Opinion)
Google’s launch last week of a new ‘AI Mode’ on search in the US appears to abandon its previous position as a friend to publishers. The tech giant, which made $265bn (£205bn) in media revenue...
OpenPlay launches music distribution and monetization service 
Catalog management platform OpenPlay has launched OpenPlay Reach, a new service aimed at providing delivery, distribution, and monetization services for music and video assets. The company has appoin...
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