CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the new songwriter campaign seeking to stop famous artists from grabbing a cut of the copyright in songs that they help make famous but don’t actually co-write, plus Ice Cube’s lawsuit against the “unscrupulous and predatory” Robinhood app.

01: Songwriters v Pop stars (00:03:58)

02: Ice Cube (00:21:14)

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• Songwriter group pushes back on superstar artists demanding a copyright cut on songs they didn’t co-write

• Ice Cube sues “unscrupulous and predatory” Robinhood app for posting his photo on its website

• FAC, MPA, MU and Sentric Music join Music Copyright Explained debate next Tuesday

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