Emmanuel Legrand

The British government has unveiled a multi-pronged, long term Music Plan labelled 'Turn It Up: Our Plan for Music' to boost the music sector. The programme includes backing grassroots projects, expending educational opportunities, and supporting live and export initiatives, among other measures. "The new strategy reaffirms the government's commitment to ensure the UK is the best place in the world to create, experience and invest in music," said the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS...

The US Copyright Office has submitted to Congress a proposed new fee schedule for its services, along with a supporting analysis, which will result in a 43% average increase in fees. The Office said the proposed average fee increase of 43% takes into account increases in the cost of providing services, adjusted to an inflation rate of 33% since the last fee study, which was based on fiscal years 2016 and 2017 costs. Register of Copyrights and Director of the US Copyright Office Shira Perlmutter...

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has outlined a far-reaching AI policy that includes passing laws that would provide the creative sector with "the strongest possible protection." Speaking at the University of Sydney, the PM said Australia "can be much more than a data warehouse for AI products made overseas." Hence a policy to reclaim ground on the issue of sovereignty, otherwise Australia would be "subcontracting our national sovereignty and security to the control of foreign monopol...

Warner Chappell Music (WCM) has promoted David Goldsen to Executive Vice President, A&R. Based in Los Angeles, he will continue to report to Ryan Press, President, North America, WCM. Goldsen joined WCM in 2009, and over the course of his 17-year career at the company,he has worked closely with artists such as Zach Bryan, Sleep Token and Teddy Swims, as well as with Mitski, Vance Joy, the Red Clay Strays, and Tones and I. Press said: “I've had the pleasure of working with David for over 15 ...

US singer and songwriter Michelle Branch has signed a new worldwide recordings deal with BMG. As part of the deal, Branch will release her new EP of re-recorded songs titled 'Everywhere and Back Again' on November 6. The first release under the new deal is a reimagined version of 'The Game of Love' by New Radicals and Michelle Branch, produced by Gregg Alexander. Originally featured as the lead single from Santana's album 'Shaman', 'The Game of Love' became one of Branch's biggest success. The ...

Music invetsment firm Cutting Edge Group has acquired the music rights and royalty streams to the catalogue of film and TV scores to American composer, conductor and arranger Brian Tyler's , in a deal including over 60,000 minutes of composed music. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Cutting Edge Group said the deal was "one of the largest ever completed for the rights of a single film and TV composer and comprises the soundtracks to some of the most successful works of entertainment fro...

The Association of European Performers' Organisations (AEPO-ARTIS) has appointed former Member of the European Parliament Ibán García del Blanco as its new General Secretaryeffective from 24 August 2026. In his new role, he will lead the Secretariat in "promoting a legal and policy framework that protects performers while fostering innovation and support the organisation's mission to secure fair remuneration, strengthen performers' rights, and address the opportunities and challenges arising fr...

The Assembly of Ireland (Dáil Éireann) has passed on July 15 Sinn Féin's motion 'Protecting the Copyright of Irish Artists in the era of Artificial Intelligence' tabled by Aengus Ó Snodaigh calling for action "to defend the rights of Irish artists, authors, creators and performers against exploitation and misuse, and for highlighting the impact of artificial intelligence developments on rights holders.” The motion calls on the Government to: > Lead European action on creators' rights during Irel...

Warner Music Group (WMG) and China's music streaming platform NetEase Cloud Music have renewed aqnd expanded their strategic multi-year licensing agreement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The new deal will provide "multiplying opportunities in China for WMG's artists and songwriters and offering NetEase Cloud Music's highly engaged user base new and enhanced ways of engaging with their music," according to the two companies. In particular, the agreement expands the partnership from distr...

A group of music publishers and Elon Musk's X Corp. have filed joint stipulations of dismissal in the various legal cases involving the two parties starting in 2023. Terms of the settlements were not disclosed. A stipulation for dismissal was filed with the US District Court for the Middle Disctrict of Tennessee, Nashville Division. In the July 16 filing, Plaintiffs and Defendant "jointly stipulate to dismissal of all claims in this matter with prejudice under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), wi...