French record industry puts heat on Google
France’s Supreme Court, the Cour de Cassation, has ruled that local recorded music industry body [...]
Rapidshare ordered to up anti-piracy efforts in Germany
The highest court in Germany has ruled that controversial P2P site Rapidshare could be liable [...]
Founder of torrent site Italianshare.net arrested
The former operator of Italianshare.net, one of Italy’s largest unlicensed music services, has been arrested [...]
Zach Katz joins BMG in US as EVP of Creative
BMG has appointed Zach Katz Executive Vice President, Creative, North America, effective as of August [...]
Steve Mac signs publishing deal with BMG
Major league songwriter-producer Steve Mac has signed an exclusive publishing deal for his Rokstone publishing [...]
EU copyright groups slam ACTA rejection by European Parliament
Europe’s manufacturing and creative industries have reacted with anger to a vote by the European [...]
Thåström signs first ever music publishing deal with BMG
Sweden’s most successful rock singer Joakim Thåström – known simply as Thåström – has signed [...]
Music Rights Australia launches to boost music business
ARIA and APRA AMCOS have announced that their joint venture body MIPI has been renamed [...]
Razor & Tie signs with Essential in the EU
Independent US rock powerhouse Razor & Tie has signed a distribution and services deal for [...]
Johnny Marr, Orbital sign to Warner Music UK’s new label services division
Warner Music UK has launched a new Artist and Label Services division, boasting a debut [...]
BMG signs Samuele Bersani in Italy
BMG Rights Management Italy has signed an exclusive songwriter agreement with notable Italian music figure, [...]
Fdzone.org closed in Far East
Fdzone.org, an unlicensed music forum that is believed to have netted its operators US$1.5 million [...]
Canada’s Government has ‘declared war on the music business’
Canada’s Government has “declared war on the music business”, according to the largest independnet music [...]
BMG swoops for Francis Dreyfus Music in France
BMG Rights Management (BMG) has acquired French independent music company Francis Dreyfus Music (Dreyfus). Founded [...]
BMG signs GEMA licence in Germany
BMG has signed a deal with GEMA in Germany which is says will ‘simplify the [...]