Since returning to Wall Street yesterday after nearly a decade of private ownership, Warner Music Group has seen its per-share stock value climb steadily. Update: Warner Music Group’s per-share stock price leveled off during the second half of today’s …
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Don Henley Calls the DMCA ‘A MySpace Relic In the TikTok Era’
The Eagles mainstay Don Henley took aim at 1998’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in a recent remote conference with the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. The corresponding hearing occurred yesterday, June 2nd, and Don Hen…
Judge Reverses Katy Perry $2.8 Million Copyright Infringement Decision
Last year, a California jury found Katy Perry guilty of copyright infringement and ordered her to pay $2.8 million to Flame, a Christian rapper. Now, after a long, expensive courtroom battle, Perry and her legal team have successfully overturned the ru…
Recording Academy Pledges $2 Million to Coronavirus Relief; Additional Donations Expected
The Recording Academy and its charitable organization, MusiCares, have donated $2 million to assist members of the music industry who are suffering financially from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Both the Recording Academy and MusiCares pledged $…
The Music Industry’s First Coronavirus Survivor Describes the Sucky Ordeal
Nobody said coronavirus was a walk in the park. Though it looks like Grammy-winning music producer Andrew Watt is the music industry’s first bonafide survivor. Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge was the first music industry figure to be dia…
TikTok Moderators Told to Hide Videos From Poor, Overweight, and ‘Ugly’ People
A new report says TikTok moderators are preventing ugly, poor, and overweight people from trending. The guidelines said people who shoot videos in “slums” or “dilapidated housing” should not reach the “For You” secti…
Apple Stores In Lockdown; Apple Employee Tests Positive In Culver City Campus
Apple has closed its brick-and-mortar stores, and one of the company’s Culver City, California, employees has tested positive for COVID-19. Excepting the 42 Apple stores located in China, 464 Apple locations will be out of commission “until further not…
Media Streaming Poised to Spike 60 Percent Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
With a significant portion of the United States and the world remaining indoors due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, media streaming—including television, movies, music, and more—is expected to increase by approximately 60 percent, according to …
Musicians Are Suddenly Out of Work — Musicians Union President Urges Immediate Government Relief
Ray Hair, the international president of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM), is calling on the U.S. government to provide relief funds to gig-economy artists. In a statement, President Ray Hair acknowledged that …
Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge has tested positive for coronavirus, according to multiple reports surfacing this weekend. Lucian Grainge, who recently celebrated his 60th birthday, is reportedly being treated at UCLA Medical Center for coronavirus…