Music Royalties Music Headlines & Industry News
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South Korea is moving toward new copyright and royalty standards for AI-assisted music just as songs made with generative tools are beginning to reach the country’s mainstream streaming charts. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced September 21st that it will convene a public forum at the National Assembly…
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Notes.fm has raised $5 million as the music-fintech startup expands from finding missing artist royalties into distributing new releases itself. The move puts Notes earlier in the life of a song, before incomplete credits, registrations or ownership information have a chance to turn into missing money. Zach Bryan, Benny Blanco…
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My Block Records, the independent label founded by producer Warryn Campbell and associated with gospel singer Erica Campbell, has sued former distributor SRG/ILS Group over royalty accounting tied to more than 113 million streams. The breach-of-contract lawsuit was filed September 17th in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District…
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Jermaine Dupri and his So So Def companies have ended their $18 million royalty lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment less than two months after filing it, telling a federal court that the parties had resolved their dispute before Sony formally joined the case. Dupri, So So Def Recordings and So…
