Stream ripping site faces legal action from labels
The music industry has taken its first legal action against what is described as “the world’s largest site dedicated to offering illegally ...
IFPI, the company representing the international recording industry, has revealed that Adrian Strain will step down as global director of communications at the end of 2016 to set up a ...
FanFair Alliance launches 'guide to beat the touts'
FanFair Alliance, the recently-launched campaign against industrial-scale online ticket touting, and the Music Managers Forum have today published a guide to help ...
When is $2 billion not enough? When it’s coming from Google, according to leading music business trade bodies the IFPI and BPI.
This morning Google announced its YouTube Content ID ...
The UK music business has woken up to a shock result in the EU Referendum, with the UK voting to Leave the European Union by a majority of 51.9% to ...
Music industry leaders have singled out YouTube and parent company Google as companies responsible for the growing "value gap".
Speaking at super session The State Of The Global Industry ...
The IFPI has welcomed the announcement by Nigeria’s music copyright collecting society, COSON, that it will pursue the licensing of sound recording rights exploited by users in all commercial and public ...
The UK is once again the world’s No.3 music market, having overtaken Germany, according to figures from the IFPI.
According to the trade body’s Global Music Report, growth of 0.6% ...
SFX granted $15m to pay artist advances
EDM promoter SFX Entertainment has been granted $15 million to pay artist advances for its summer festivals. Judge Mary Walrath, who is handling ...
Today, Stu Bergen (pictured), CEO, international and global commercial services, Warner Music Group joined IFPI CEO Frances Moore, Edgar Berger, chairman and CEO, international, Sony Music Entertainment and Michael ...
