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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 Deezer's announcement that it is going public with a valuation of more than €1 billion, as a result of a deal to merge with French special purpose acquisition company I2PO that will result in the streaming music firm being publicly listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange, plus Tyga’s entry into the torrid world of sports shoe litigation.

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01: Deezer (00:05:49)
02: Tyga (00:23:15)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Deezer to go public with €1.05 billion valuation
• Tyga’s MSCHF trainers prompt legal battle with Vans

ALSO MENTIONED
• Deezer announces partnership with German broadcaster RTL Deutschland (November 2021)
• Deezer’s IPO is off (October 2015)
• Setlist: Lil Nas X’s Satan Shoes recalled back to Hell (April 2021)
• Tommy Cash has collaborated with Adidas on some really long shoes (NME)

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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 battle over Sheffield's Leadmill venue after its current management were served with an eviction notice with plans for the building's landlord to install their own team, plus the producer suing Justin Bieber for allegedly breaking promises on royalties.

SECTION TIMES
01: The Leadmill (00:10:45)
02: Justin Bieber (00:25:06)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Sheffield Leadmill landlord says building will remain a music venue, despite eviction notice
• Dispute over the future of Sheffield’s The Leadmill rages on
• The Leadmill landlords have already begun registering the trademark for Electric Sheffield
• “The Leadmill will not continue” following landlord takeover, says current General Manager
• Leadmill management petition for suspension of Section 25 of Landlord And Tenant Act as dispute with landlord continues
• Bieber producer sues over points dispute

ALSO MENTIONED
• Industry Takeover Seminars
• Sound + Vision Comedy Conference
• Great Escape Conference schedules published as more keynotes and conversations are confirmed

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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 lawsuit launched against Fortnite maker Epic Games by the choreographer behind the dance routine in the video for the Charlie Puth song ‘How Long’ alleging that an 'emote' available within the gaming platform utilises his choreography without licence, and the US Copyright Royalty Board's rejection of industry proposals on royalty rates for discs and downloads.

SECTION TIMES
01: Fortnite dance (00:05:56)
02: Copyright Royalty Board (00:15:57)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Choreographer on Charlie Puth video reignites debate about dance copyright on Fortnite
• US Copyright Royalty Board rejects proposal to keep mechanical royalty on discs and downloads unchanged

ALSO MENTIONED
• Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies
• Mira Calix dies
• The Wanted’s Tom Parker dies

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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 latest stats from the IFPI showing that global recorded music revenues grew 18.5% in 2021, plus a whole load more stats from Spotify aiming to fend of criticism about the money artists and songwriters earn from the platform (although possibly not doing that good a job of it).

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01: IFPI stats (00:05:50)
02: Spotify stats (00:31:13)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Global record industry revenues grew 18.5% to $25.9 billion in 2021
• Spotify paid $7 billion to the music industry last year - and other fun stat brags

ALSO MENTIONED
• Shape Of You song-theft court case concludes
• The things people get wrong about streaming (Setlist specials, May 2020)
• The things people still get wrong about streaming - dissecting the Economics Of Streaming report (Setlist special, July 2021)

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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 Spotify's $310 million deal to sponsor Spanish football team FC Barcelona - which the streaming service says will be great for artists - and former chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost's admission that the deal he secured with the European Union may have messed things up for musicians.

SECTION TIMES
01: Spotify (00:05:24)
02: Brexit (00:19:00)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Spotify’s $310 million FC Barcelona sponsorship deal confirmed – and it’s great news for artists, says Spotify
• Former Brexit negotiator admits “purist” approach to EU trade deal inflicted excessive paperwork on musicians

ALSO MENTIONED
• UK record industry revenues grew 12.8% in 2021

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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 Ed Sheeran's trip to the High Court in London in a bid to defeat a song-theft lawsuit filed against him and his musical collaborators in relation to his 2017 track 'Shape Of You', and the return of LimeWire - not as a piece of peer-to-peer file-sharing software, but as a music NFT marketplace. 

SECTION TIMES
01: Ed Sheeran (00:05:40)
02: LimeWire (00:23:13)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Musical “magpie” Ed Sheeran in court over Shape Of You song theft claims
• Ed Sheeran testifies in Shape Of You song-theft dispute
• Musical “magpie” Ed Sheeran is also a “music squirrel”, says lawyer in Shape Of You song-theft case
• Johnny McDaid takes to the stand in Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You song-theft battle
• Another Ed Sheeran collaborator testifies in Shape Of You song-theft case
• LimeWire to relaunch as NFT marketplace

ALSO MENTIONED
• US recorded music market grew 23% in 2021
• Writers of TLC’s No Scrubs given credits on Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You (March 2017)
• Ed Sheeran settles Photograph song-theft lawsuit (April 2017)
• LimeWire founder settles out of court for $105 million (May 2011)
• Merlin settles with LimeWire (March 2012)
• So where exactly did the bogus “$72 trillion” claim come from? (May 2012)

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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 Epic Games' acquisition of Bandcamp and what a gaming company might want with a direct-to-fan music platform, plus the Entertainment Retailers Association's stats on streaming music in 2021 and what it thinks should happen in the economics of streaming debate.

SECTION TIMES
01: Bandcamp (00:02:57)
02: ERA stats (00:17:43)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Epic Games buys Bandcamp
• ERA publishes positive stats galore about streaming, but says industry needs to be “bold” in responding to economics of streaming debate

ALSO MENTIONED
• Music Export Ukraine: How to support the people of Ukraine
• Ukrainian musicians urge streaming services to allow political messaging on their platforms in response to Russian invasion
• Spotify and Live Nation make announcements regarding Russian activities following the invasion of Ukraine

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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 Megan Thee Stallion’s legal dispute over the definition of an album – and specifically whether her 2021 release ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ is one or now – plus the eventful rollout of Kanye West's latest record, 'Donda 2'.

SECTION TIMES
01: Megan Thee Stallion (00:06:14)
02: Kanye West (00:18:14)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Megan Thee Stallion goes back to court to dispute label’s definition of “album”
• Kanye West says he sold more than $2 million worth of Donda 2 players in 24 hours
• Kanye West misses Donda 2 release date
• Kanye West releases four Donda 2 tracks
• Kanye West releases Donda 2 (or at least a version of it)

ALSO MENTIONED
• Live Nation upbeat as it publishes its 2021 figures
• Storm Eunice: Record wind gust amid disruption (BBC News)

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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 lawsuits filed against Pandora by three comedians - and the estates of comedy legends Robin Williams and George Carlin - over allegations the American streaming service is streaming comedy routines by those performers without all of the proper licences in place, and the RIAA's legal letter to music NFTs website HitPiece that was both a cease-and-desist on behalf its members and a demand for information about all of the outfit’s activities and revenues to date.

SECTION TIMES
01: Pandora (00:10:22)
02: HitPiece (00:23:12)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Comedians sue Pandora in dispute over literary work licences
• RIAA sends stern legal letter to controversial music NFTs site HitPiece

ALSO MENTIONED
• AWAL
• BRITs power up for fully-fledged return

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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 controversy sparked by a company called HitPiece after it appeared to be selling NFTs related to a plethora of musicians without permission, plus accusations by Lil Yachty that another music-focussed NFT Company, Opulous, used his name and brand as part of its launch communications, even though - he claims - he had not agreed to get involved in the venture.

SECTION TIMES
01: HitPiece (00:08:37)
02: Lil Yachty (00:20:55)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Artists and labels hit out at unofficial NFTs site that allows people to “own a song”
• Lil Yachty sues music NFT start-up Opulous for trademark infringement
• Opulous says Lil Yachty lawsuit is “meritless”

ALSO MENTIONED
• Joe Rogan and Daniel Ek commit to beefed up and more transparent content polices in response to Neil Young boycott
• Spotify science podcaster hits out at Spotify’s response to Rogan backlash
• Spotify boycott grows as Young v Rogan fallout continues

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