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Hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart discuss significant music industry stories including copyright issues and legal battles involving hip-hop lyrics.
This week, hosts Jay Gilbert & Mike Etchart break down these important music industry stories: • Rap On Trial: The Long Battle to Keep Hip-Hop Lyrics Out of Court • The US Copyright Office is hiking registration fees by 43%. Indy music orgs say artists won't be able to afford it. • Spotify wins motion for arbitration in 'payola' lawsuit • Udio admits to scraping YouTube audio for AI training in answer to Sony Music lawsuit Subscribe to the newsletter! : YourMorning.Coffee
People in this episode
Hosts: Jay Gilbert, Mike Etchart
Topics covered
- music industry
- hip-hop
- copyright
- Spotify
- AI training
- lawsuits
Keywords
- music industry
- hip-hop lyrics
- copyright fees
- Spotify lawsuit
- AI training
- YouTube audio
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: US Copyright Office, Spotify, Udio, Sony Music
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