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 [...]