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Sony Gets $800,000 in Damages Over TikTok Rapper's Infringement
TikTok rapper Trefuego and his 2019 song "90mh" infringed on the 1986 Toshifumi Hinata song "Reflections," a federal judge ruled
- Courts and Crime
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Survivor Groups Call On Music Industry to Address Sexual Abuse
A new coalition released a report compiling decades of sexual abuse allegations leveled against executives and artists
- #MeToo
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One of Steven Tyler's Sexual Assault Cases Dismissed
A lawyer for the woman accusing the Aerosmith singer of assault claims Tyler's team "failed to serve [the motion] on the survivor as required by court rules" and will try to reinstate the case
- Courts and Crime
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His Song Was Going Massively Viral. Hours Later, Universal Music and TikTok Went to War
"I'm an ant at the picnic of all these other bigger entities," says Cody Fry, whose "Things You Said" had just started to go viral
- Commentary
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TikTok's Music Armageddon May Be Coming. Here's What You Need to Know
If Universal Music Group pulls its music from TikTok, it could be a massive tidal wave on the world’s most influential social media platform
- War
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The Music Industry Was Slightly Less of a Sausage Fest Last Year: Report
USC Annenberg's annual music report showed signs of improvement with an increase in the number of female artists, producers and songwriters credited on the biggest hits of 2023
- Women in Music
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Apple Music Will Pay Artists More for Higher Quality Audio
The move comes over two years after the company first launched Spatial Audio on the platform
- $$$
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Limewire Is Back, But AI's Making The Music This Time
The brand that drew the ire of the music business in the 2000s is coming back as an AI music creation platform
- Resurrection?
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Diddy at the Grammys? Recording Academy Is 'Evaluating' Invitation Amid Sexual Assault Claims
The statement from the Recording Academy comes after four different women accused Sean Combs of sexually abusing them in recently filed lawsuits
- Grammys 2024
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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Is the Highest-Grossing of All Time and First-Ever to Hit $1 Billion
The tour's ticket gross was larger than the next two highest-grossing tours combined, according to data from Pollstar
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