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A DJ has been charged with disorderly conduct after he played the classic NWA track ‘F**k Tha Police’ during a cop-raid at an overcrowded bar. According to The Independent, it was at the Shenanigans pub in Massachusetts where DJ Boogy, also known as Kashawn Harris was spinning the decks, when cops broke in a shut down the event after 350 […]
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Today, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and Spotify have announced a landmark agreement, one that could deflate a $200 million class action lawsuit. The agreement, first reported by Digital Music News on March 7th, will allow independent and major publishers to claim and receive royalties for mechanical licenses on Spotify in the United States. In many cases, […]
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Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Kanye West is a polarizing figure. There are some people who believe he’s just another egotistical rapper in a long line of egotistical rappers who only happens to stand out because of his constant “in your face” presence either on social media or in public at awards […]
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Kanye West’s fans who signed up to Jay Z’s Tidal to listen to The Life Of Pablo, have now been given an extra 30 days to use the service. The reason being Kanye, of course. Kanye has reportedly changed three songs on the album in total so far: his song ‘Wolves’ now features Vic Mensa […]
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In a bid to boost subscriber numbers at Tidal, Jay Z has quietly swiped his Blueprint albums from competing music streaming sites. These coveted releases are now Tidal exclusives. Anyone surprised? As first unearthed by Pitchfork, the legendary albums have now disappeared from Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Rhapsody, and Amazon’s digital music store. It soon became […]
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Michelle Obama has released a female empowering anthem titled ‘This Is for My Girls,’ which features Kelly Clarkson, Missy Elliott, Zendaya, Janelle Monáe, and Kelly Rowland, among others. The single was released ahead of the First Lady’s keynote speech at the SXSW festival. During the chat, Michelle talked about the Lets Girls Learn initiative and how it aims to combat […]
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Today, Deezer has announced via their blog that the music streaming service will be available on Apple Watch. Other streaming apps are already available on the watch, such as Apple’s own music service and Pandora. However, other streaming services like Spotify and Tidal are missing. The Apple Watch crowd remains niche, though the absence of these […]
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Music Reports is now releasing a rights-matching interface designed to solve the mechanical rights streaming crisis, according to details exclusively shared with Digital Music News on Tuesday evening. Updated, Wednesday Mar. 16th, 9 am PT: Music Reports has officially launched the matching platform at musicreports.com, confirming our information from Tuesday. Bill Colitre, Vice President & General Counsel […]
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On Monday, a California Federal Judge ruled that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke will not have to pay Marvin Gaye’s family’s $3.5 million in legal fees. The battle has been ongoing for some time and has finally come to a close. However, the news comes as a surprise to many, as Williams and Thicke were found […]
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The Butter Project was launched in October last year as Popcorn Time’s ‘legal’ spin-off. But, according to the MPAA the Butter Project isn’t really ‘legal’ at all, in fact the MPAA is claiming that the service has extensive copyright infringing material and has sent a series of take down request to GitHub. There is no surprise that the MPAA […]
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