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1. ‘When you can’t see the whole picture, you don’t truly understand what’s going on in your business.’

   Absolute Label Services co-bosses, Henry Semmence and Simon Wills discuss Anthology, a new system they believe is key to the future of their company – and the success of their clients…

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2. Lizzo settles copyright lawsuit over unreleased song snippet referencing Sydney Sweeney jeans ad

   A notice of settlement was filed in federal court in California on January 9.

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3. Elon Musk’s legal attack on the music industry: 3 things you might have missed

   MBW delves into the 53-page lawsuit issued by X Corp against most significant players in the music publishing business

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4. Los Lobos sue Sony Music & Sony Pictures over ‘La Bamba’ and ‘Desperado’ royalties

   The L.A.-born rock band alleges an 'egregious' lack of payments for 'Cancion del Mariachi' and a 'massive deficiency' in payments for 'La Bamba'

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5. Gene Whitney joins HYBE AMERICA as General Counsel

   Whitney joins HYBE America from Riot Games, where he most recently served as Global Head of Music Business Affairs and Label Operations.

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6. Managers and agents of Ed Sheeran, Oasis, Olivia Dean, Radiohead, Fontaines D.C. and more urge EU action on ‘predatory ticket resale’

   The signatories want the Digital Fairness Act expanded to tackle ticket resale abuse.

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7. Quebec court greenlights class action against Ticketmaster over ‘unreasonable’ service fees

   The complaint centers on Ticketmaster’s fee structure that fluctuates based on ticket prices instead of the actual cost of services rendered.

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8. Johanna Fuentes named Head of Communications and PR at HYBE America

   Fuentes most recently served as Head of Global Communications for WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group.

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9. Bad Bunny faces $16m lawsuit over alleged unauthorized voice recording used in two songs

   A Puerto Rican woman alleged that Bad Bunny's producer asked her to record a phrase in 2018, which was later used in two of the artist's songs.

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10. Elon Musk’s X sues major music publishers – plus BMG, Kobalt, NMPA and more – alleging industrywide ‘collusion’ to force licensing deal

    X’s lawsuit points to successful licensing agreements between the NMPA plus Roblox and Twitch as evidence of an alleged ‘extortionate scheme’.

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