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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the ruling that rapper Youngboy Never Broke Again's lyrics cannot be used as evidence during his trial on firearms charges, and how that fits into the wider Rap On Trial debate in the US. Plus, the ruling that Bang energy drink infringed Universal’s copyright in promotional videos on TikTok.

PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded before Youngboy Never Broke Again was found not guilty on firearms charges.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Prosecutors in Youngboy Never Broke Again firearms case can’t use rapper’s lyrics as evidence in court
• 300 and Atlantic chiefs call for wider Rap On Trial legal reforms
• Court says Bang’s own TikTok videos infringed Universal’s rights, but not its influencer content

ALSO MENTIONED
• Triller CEO calls on all Americans to delete rival app TikTok
• CMU Insights music business training

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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including UK Music's claim that a proposed new copyright exception in the UK that would cover all and any text and data mining is “dangerous and damaging” and would simply allow AI companies to “launder” music in order to generate new content, plus the removal of three Michael Jackson tracks from streaming services that some (although not the Jackson estate and Sony Music) have said were recorded by an impersonator.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• UK Music calls proposed data mining copyright exception “dangerous and damaging”
• Three posthumous Michael Jackson songs removed from streaming services – although not because they’re fakes, estate insists

ALSO MENTIONED
• US Copyright Royalty Board reconfirms 15.1% streaming rate for songwriters and publishers

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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Brendan Carr of the US Federal Communications Commission calling on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores claiming that the app is “a sophisticated surveillance tool that harvests extensive amounts of personal and sensitive data” that it then hands over to the Chinese government, plus a round-up of the week's Kanye West legal news.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• FCC Commissioner calls on Apple and Google to block TikTok
• Kanye West sued over uncleared sample on Donda 2
• Kayne West fan forced to change restaurant menu following legal letter from rapper

ALSO MENTIONED
• Logic announces BMG deal, less than two weeks after releasing new major label album

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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Four Tet and Domino's settlement of their legal battle over what royalty rate the musician should be paid on streams and what it could mean for other artists, plus Belgium’s decision to add equitable remuneration to streams and IMPALA’s plea to other European countries not to follow suit.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Domino Records settles Four Tet dispute, commits to pay 50% royalty on digital
• Domino comments on Four Tet settlement, insists no precedent set
• Belgium introduces ER right on streams
• IMPALA calls for French style agreements on fair digital remuneration instead of ER

ALSO MENTIONED
• French performer and label groups reach voluntary agreement regarding digital remuneration

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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including BTS's announcement that they are going on break to focus on solo projects - but whatever you do, don't call it a hiatus - plus Goldman Sachs' big predictions for music industry growth to the end of the decade.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• BTS announce hiatus, management insists its not a hiatus
• BTS’s RM insists that group’s break “is not the end for us”
• Goldman Sachs Music In The Air report

ALSO MENTIONED
• Belgium introduces ER right on streams

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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK’s Music Managers Forum new report on the topic of digital burnout and the wider debate around pressures being placed by the music industry on artists - particularly female artists - to be heavily active on TikTok, plus the petition calling on UK song rights collecting society PRS to reconsider its decision to reduce the funding it provides to the PRS Foundation. 

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Spotify boss says his big ambitions in audio at large will deliver mega-revenues and better margins
• US bank upbeat about Spotify, lumping it in with Netflix is an “overgeneralisation”
• Spotify Shares Our Vision To Become the World’s Creator Platform (Spotify blog post)

ALSO MENTIONED
• 50+ music industry organisations call for a PRS rethink on PRS Foundation funding

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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK’s Music Managers Forum new report on the topic of digital burnout and the wider debate around pressures being placed by the music industry on artists - particularly female artists - to be heavily active on TikTok, plus the petition calling on UK song rights collecting society PRS to reconsider its decision to reduce the funding it provides to the PRS Foundation.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• MMF report proposes new support to help artists avoid digital burnout
• FAC launches petition over cut in PRS funding to PRS Foundation

ALSO MENTIONED
• Download MMF digital burnout report
• Pop Star Complaints About Being Forced to Make Viral TikToks Go Viral On Tiktok (GQ)
• Are record labels holding musicians hostage to post ‘relatable’ TikToks? (Dazed)
• Halsey Gets a Release Date for ‘So Good’ Single That Fueled TikTok Debate, as Label Promises ‘Open Dialogue’ (Variety)
• Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes interview (Kerrang!)
• Rebecca Lucy Taylor/Self Esteem: Why do female musicians have to fake it on TikTok? (Guardian)
• ‘Do we want music to be a pursuit only of the wealthy?’ Anger grows at PRS Foundation cuts (Guardian)
• PRS Foundation CEO Joe Frankland responds to recent donation reduction announcement (PRS Foundation)

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CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK Music Venue Trust's launch of a new organisation called Music Venue Properties - which is a charitable community benefit society set up to buy the freeholds of properties that currently house grassroots music venues - and its #ownourvenues campaign, plus Sony Music's latest announcement regarding paying royalties to unrecouped artists.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Music Venue Trust launches new initiative to buy freeholds of grassroots venues
• Sony Music expands commitment to pay through royalties to unrecouped heritage artists

ALSO MENTIONED
• Sarah Brightman & Alfie Boe - God Save The Queen
• The Kunts - Prince Andrew Is A Sweaty Nonce

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A special live edition of the show recorded live at Wide Days in Edinburgh. CMU’s Chris Cooke is joined on stage by Serenade's Mike Walsh and SNM Management's Shikayla Nadine to review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest judgement against Viagogo in Australia, Universal's DIY distribution platform Spinnup going invite-only, and the battle for the top of the singles chart in Jubilee week.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Australian appeals court upholds AUS$7 million judgement against Viagogo
• Universal’s DIY distributor introduces A&R process, drops a chunk of its current artists
• Sarah Brightman and Alfie Boe aiming for jubilee number one with new recording of God Save The Queen

ALSO MENTIONED
• DCMS Economics Of Streaming Inquiry

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A special edition of the show recorded live at The Great Escape in Brighton. CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke are joined on stage by music rights consultant Becky Brook and creative entrepreneur Ameena Badley to review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Napster's shift to Web3, the MMF's $ong Royalties Manifesto, and the death of the iPod.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Napster acquired for Web3 fun
• MMF launches $ong Royalties Manifesto at The Great Escape
• Apple discontinues the iPod

ALSO MENTIONED
• STLST - Theme From Setlist

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