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On 12 December 2023, the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee held its second non-inquiry session into creator...

najiThe European Union (“EU”) has announced that it is consulting stakeholders in the recorded music industry on how best to apply the...

If you’re a business selling video games and in-game content to UK and EU consumers, it’s important that you understand how 14-day...

On 31 May 2023, the UK Intellectual Property office (UK IPO) published the “UK Industry Agreement on Music Streaming Metadata”. The...

The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is causing concern among various music industry stakeholders. In the...

The CJEU’s judgment in joined cases C‑775/21 and C‑826/21, Blue Air and UPFR (20 April 2023) provides the latest instalment to a...

The CMA’s analysis of the competition law question On 29 November 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), published its final...

With Bristol band Massive Attack getting involved in Cargo Classroom, a project launched to diversify the English school curriculum,...

The Supreme Court declares that the use of the deceased artist's image to advertise a music festival was an infringement of their image...

Following an 11-day trial in London, featuring Ed Sheeran briefly singing from the witness stand, the High Court on Wednesday handed down...

The Commission Guidance on Article 17 of the “Directive 2019 (790/EC on Copyright in the Digital Single Market”) provides much-sought...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) – the UK’s competition regulator – recently announced its intention to launch a market study...

ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus unveiled the Credits Due Campaign on 21 September, which seeks to combat the metadata issue in the music industry so...

7 June 2021 was the date by which Member States were required to implement the EU’s  DSM Directive, an ambitious effort aimed at...

The Court of Appeal on Friday handed down its decision in Warner & Sony v TuneIn, a test case on hyperlinking on appeal from the High...

Will the 2021 Festival Season take place as normal? Probably not. As the COVID-19 pandemic maintains its grip on life, uncertainty...