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| MONDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2018 | COMPLETEMUSICUPDATE.COM | ||||
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| THE LATEST EDITION OF THE SETLIST PODCAST IS ONLINE NOW! This week's episode of Setlist is another marking CMU's 20th birthday, the fifth in a series of special editions reviewing the 20 biggest stories CMU has covered over the last two decades. Here we discuss the debate around how digital royalties should be shared out and legal action by pre-internet artists who reckoned they were due a bigger cut of the pie. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital. CLICK HERE TO TUNE IN TO THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF SETLIST | |||||
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| MAKING MONEY FROM MUSIC COPYRIGHT - BOOK NOW! The CMU Insights evening seminar series kicks off again this month with three great sessions that together provide an easy-to-grasp guide to music copyright: 'How Music Rights Work' is on Monday 17 Sep, 'How Music Licensing Works' is on Monday 24 Sep and 'The Music Rights Sector' is on Monday 1 Oct, all hosted by our friends at Lewis Silkin. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE | |||||
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| CMU TRENDS IN FIVE: SAFE HARBOUR. The music industry is lobbying hard in Europe as the draft new copyright directive goes back to the European Parliament. The key issue is the safe harbour that the music industry reckons YouTube exploits to pay below market rate royalties. But what is the copyright safe harbour and why has it proven so controversial? CMU Trends explains in five steps. PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS CAN READ THIS ARTICLE HERE - CLICK HERE TO GO PREMIUM | |||||
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| THE FIVE BIGGEST STORIES OF THE LAST SEVEN DAYS. Too busy to keep up with the constant stream of music industry news? We summarise the five key developments in just five paragraphs - including: the European Copyright Directive, the fake Michael Jackson vocals lawsuit, Viagogo moving staff to New York, the latest in the Spinal Tap v Vivendi litigation, and BMG settling with Cox Communications. PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS CAN READ THIS ARTICLE HERE - CLICK HERE TO GO PREMIUM | |||||
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| UPCOMING MUSIC CONFERENCES. CMU Insights will present its 'How Streaming Services Are Licensed' speed briefing at two music conferences next week. The first is Vil Vil Vest in Bergen, Norway on 13 Sep. The second is a brand new UK music conference in Birmingham on 14 Sep called Pivotal. Do come along to find out the basics about how digital licensing works and digital royalties are paid - in just one hour. MORE ON SPEED BRIEFINGS - MORE ON VIL VIL VEST - MORE ON PIVOTAL | |||||
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