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A.I. Music - State of the Nation
At the end of 2023 we posted a blog Using AI Music In Your Sports Routine? Things have moved on significantly in the last 18 months in...
ClicknClear Wins 2025 WIPO Global Award
Honoured by the UN's Intellectual Property Agency for Innovation with Global Impact Geneva, 11 July 2025 – ClicknClear, a UK-based...
CLICKNCLEAR IS A WIPO FINALIST
CLICKnCLEAR SELECTED AS A FINALIST FOR THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) GLOBAL AWARDS Provides further strong...
Learning from Superman's Trouble With Territories
The forthcoming (July 2025) new Warner Brothers / DC Superman movie from director James Gunn is having trouble with territories and we...
Sound-alikes - all you need to know
Sound-alike copycat recordings are sometimes used to accompany sports routines. We explain what you need to look out for, and why, when...
"House Music" - why music copyright matters to artists and writers
will.i.am When will.i.am appeared on the NBC TV show Songland , he made a comment that illuminates exactly why music copyright matters...
Universal sues for tempo shifting and mixing its songs.
Universal Music Group are in the news again - along with ABKCO Music and Records and Concord Music Group - for filing a $500M copyright...
YouTube takes down SESAC music in USA
In an echo of the disagreement between TikTok and Universal earlier this year, YouTube and SESAC were "unable to reach an equitable...
Political 'walk-on' music rows
You probably know that venues where music is played to the public need a music 'public performing rights' license from one or more...
Stemming the Copyright Infringement Flow
You'd think that music industry professionals, of all people, would have got the idea that they can't use each other's work without...
Queen's $1.2Bn music sale to Sony is good news for you
Queen have become the latest in a long line of iconic music stars who have all been in the news for the same reason. Stevie Nicks,...
US Supreme Court boosts copyright damage payments.
The US Supreme Court ruled in a case involving a Flo Rida sample to allow increased copyright damages payments. The ruling allows...
What we learned from TikTok vs Universal.
Well, its finally over. Universal and TikTok have reached an agreement and Universal's recording artists and songwriters are joining...
TikTok vs Universal - Round 3! Taylor Swift speaks now...
Taylor Swift has just made a big statement in the ongoing dispute between TikTok and Universal. After pulling its recording artists'...
Your Hotel Stay and Music Copyright
Have you checked into a hotel recently, and logged into their WiFi service? If so, you may well have been confronted with a copyright...
TikTok vs Universal - Round 2!
This battle royale just keeps on giving... After pulling its recording artists' music from TikTok on 31st January 2024 as described in...
Universal pulls its music in battle with TikTok.
On January 31st 2024, TikTok's licensing deal with Universal Music Group expired and Universal artists' music was duly pulled from...
What Mickey Mouse can teach about music for your sports routine.
Every year, copyrighted works enter the public domain as their US copyright expires, freeing them up to be used by anyone, without...
Using AI Music in your Sports Routine?
Unless you are just back from a vacation on Mars, you have probably heard a lot about AI, and its potential to transform the way we do...
The Power of Publishing Rights - Taylor Swift gives a Masterclass
With the recent launch of 1989 -Taylor's Version, Taylor Swift continued her tremendously successful project to re-record and re-relase...
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