The 80s polyphony, the slightly unhinged energy: it’s a combination not many pull off without tipping into pastiche, but Tungz don’t tip. Their new single is about not being able to pay attention, whi ...

The US government settled its antitrust lawsuit with Live Nation yesterday, but 27 US states, which also accuse the live giant of anticompetitive behaviour, are not part of that deal. The judge has ...

Another AI copyright lawsuit, this time a group of indie artists are suing Google over its Lyria model. Like all AI companies, the lawsuit says, Google infringed copyright when training its model. But ...

The UK government has to provide a plan around AI and copyright by 18 Mar. Ahead of that, a committee in the House Of Lords ...

One week after the antitrust trial against Live Nation got underway, the live giant has secured an out-of-court settlement, agreeing to new restrictions on Ticketmaster and $280 million in damages.

PRS is suing gaming platform Steam for copyright infringement. Although the publishers of games sold via Steam will have secured sync licences for any UK compositions they include, that doesn’t cover ...

News coverage of the live side of the music industry, including live music and ticketing companies, venues, festivals, innovation and legal reform The US government settled its antitrust lawsuit with ...

Universal Music’s latest dog and pony show was everything you could dream of: Lucian channeling Ethel Merman, the return of the superfan and turntable.fm risen from the dead. AI is the future, revenue ...

The UK government is currently reviewing how the BBC is funded. The broadcaster itself says reform is needed, but subscriptions and ads are probably not the solution. Elsewhere, the Scottish music ind ...

The UK government has to provide a plan around AI and copyright by 18 Mar. Ahead of that, a committee in the House Of Lords has published a report endorsing the music industry’s position: AI companies ...

The US government has published its annual ‘Notorious Markets’ report, putting the spotlight on piracy platforms that it would like lawmakers in other countries to crack down on. This year’s edition ...