In 2021, the government of India’s decision to register Recorded Music Performance Limited (RMPL), and not Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), as the country’s sole copyright society with respect to sound […]
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Licensing firm Slipstream buys production-music library Megatrax
Slipstream launched in 2021 as part of a clutch of music-licensing startups focusing on ‘takedown-proof’ music for influencers and other online creators. Several funding rounds from investors including Sony Music followed, as well […]
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Former Polaris Hub execs launch Rights Intelligence consultancy
Nordic-based licensing entity Polaris Hub shut down last year after its owners – collecting societies Koda, Tono and Teosto – decided it wasn’t the best way forward. As is so often the […]
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UMG signs global deal with sports-licensing startup ClicknClear
With Megan Thee Stallion yet to arrive, one of the big viral moments of the Winter Olympics so far has been figure-skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate’s Minions routine. AND there’s a music-licensing angle […]
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Single-window music licensing platform Sangeet Dwar has launched
A long-standing wish of Indian event organisers and venues has come true with the soft launch of Sangeet Dwar, a “unified, digital one-window platform designed to streamline permissions for on-ground […]
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UMG’s NetEase Cloud Music deal includes ‘artist-centric’ and AI terms
There’s no let-up for Universal Music Group’s licensing teams this year: the major label has announced its latest deal, with Chinese music-streaming service NetEase Cloud Music [NCM]. It’s a multi-year […]
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Licensed or lost? In the future of AI training, “the world is splintering”
Guest column: Music Ally publishes guest columns which voice the opinions of notable authors that advance specific perspectives on important issues. These are chosen at the Editorial team’s discretion and […]
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The broken beat: Bringing brands and agencies back in step
Guest column: Music Ally publishes guest columns which voice the opinions of notable authors that advance specific perspectives on important issues. These are chosen at the Editorial team’s discretion and […]
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Dame Caroline Dinenage – “What’s been happening up until now is theft”
Dame Caroline Dinenage is Chair of the UK’s Culture Media and Sport (CMS) committee – the cross-party body that holds the government’s Department of Culture Media and Sport to account. […]
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Beyond direct licensing: building a blanket solution for generative AI (guest column)Â
Guest column: Music Ally publishes guest columns which voice the opinions of notable authors that advance specific perspectives on important issues. These are chosen at the Editorial team’s discretion and […]
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ICE Core expands in the Nordics with its latest deals
Licensing hub ICE has announced its latest deals, and they focus on the Nordic region. Finland’s Teosto, Norway’s TONO and Iceland’s STEF are the latest societies to sign up to […]
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Five lines of code worth asking for
This is a guest column by Benji Rogers, co-founder of AI attribution startup Sureel and founder of PledgeMusic. He believes that rightsholders are in a “rare” moment of leverage – and that they must now demand transparency in the age of generative AI.
