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fromWIRED
3 years ago

How to Clean Your Vinyl Records (Because They're Filthy!)

Ultrasonic cleaning machines effectively clean records without manual vacuuming, collecting grime in the basin for easy disposal.
#music-piracy
Intellectual property law
fromConsequence
3 days ago

Spotify and Big 3 Record Labels Win $322 Million Decision Against Pirate Group Anna's Archive [Updated]

A federal judge awarded $322 million to Spotify and major labels in a lawsuit against Anna's Archive for music piracy.
Intellectual property law
fromConsequence
3 days ago

Spotify and Big 3 Record Labels Win $322 Million Decision Against Pirate Group Anna's Archive [Updated]

A federal judge awarded $322 million to Spotify and major labels in a lawsuit against Anna's Archive for music piracy.
NYC music
fromOpen Culture
5 days ago

10,000 Chicago Concert Recordings Are Being Uploaded to the Internet Archive: Nirvana, Phish, Sonic Youth, They Might Be Giants & More

Aadam Jacobs' concert recording archive preserves over 10,000 performances, now accessible through the Internet Archive.
Music production
fromWIRED
1 year ago

Where to Shop for Vinyl Records Online

Support independent music by purchasing directly from labels, stores, or artists to ensure they receive fair compensation.
Marketing tech
fromRAIN News
1 week ago

ENCO Systems upgrades its DJ replacement technology with upcoming release

ENCO Systems is launching an upgraded aiTrack technology for cloud-native, automation-agnostic broadcast environments at NAB Show 2026.
#annas-archive
fromEngadget
3 days ago
Music production

Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping

fromEngadget
3 days ago
Music production

Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping

fromFortune
1 week ago

One fan secretly recorded 10,000 concerts over 40 years. Now volunteers are racing to save the tapes before they disintegrate | Fortune

The growing Aadam Jacobs Collection is an internet treasure trove for music lovers, especially for fans of indie and punk rock during the 1980s through the early 2000s.
NYC music
Music production
fromTechCrunch
6 days ago

Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive -- listen now | TechCrunch

Aadam Jacobs' concert tape collection is being digitized by Internet Archive volunteers to preserve over 10,000 recordings, including rare performances from iconic artists.
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

Our Favorite Turntable Is $51 Off Before Record Store Day

The AT-LP120XUSB features basically everything you could want from a modern, upgraded turntable. The built-in phono preamp lets you easily swap the turntable from your headphones to your speakers without any extra steps or hardware.
Gadgets
#spotify
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Music production

Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slop from being attributed to real artists | TechCrunch

fromComputerworld
2 months ago
Law

Spotify lawsuit behind shutdown of pirate library domains

Spotify and major labels sued, prompting shutdown of Anna's Archive domains after the archive backed up Spotify and scraped DRM-protected audio and metadata.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago
Music

Spotify paid out a record $11 billion into the music industry last year

Spotify paid over $11 billion in one year, totaling nearly $70 billion in payouts, fueling streaming revenue growth and increasing artist earnings.
Music production
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Spotify is letting artists manually approve releases to combat AI fakes

Spotify is testing Artist Profile Protection, allowing artists to review releases to combat impostors and AI-generated fakes.
Music production
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Spotify tests new tool to stop AI slop from being attributed to real artists | TechCrunch

Spotify is testing a feature allowing artists to review and approve releases before they appear on their profiles.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Supreme Court makes it harder for music and movie makers to sue for copyright infringement

"Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the court.
Intellectual property law
Music production
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

It has your name on it, but I don't think it's you': how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify

AI bots are impersonating musicians on streaming platforms, causing frustration and confusion for artists.
#music-industry
fromFast Company
1 week ago
Music production

The future of music is human-generated

The music industry's value is shifting from songs to the human connection behind performances as AI-generated music becomes abundant.
fromRAIN News
1 month ago
Music

Downtown Music completes merger with Virgin Music

Downtown Music Holdings completed acquisition and merger with Virgin Music Group for $775 million; founder Justin Kalifowitz is stepping away.
Music production
fromFast Company
1 week ago

The future of music is human-generated

The music industry's value is shifting from songs to the human connection behind performances as AI-generated music becomes abundant.
#ai-music
Music production
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Suno is a music copyright nightmare

Suno's copyright filters can be easily bypassed, allowing users to create AI-generated covers of popular songs without permission.
Intellectual property law
fromComputerworld
1 month ago

Music giant BMG sues Anthropic over AI training

BMG sued Anthropic for training Claude AI models on copyrighted song lyrics from torrent sites without authorization, citing 493 instances of copyright infringement.
Media industry
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Substack launches a built-in recording studio | TechCrunch

Substack launches Recording Studio, enabling creators to pre-record and publish videos with built-in editing, clip generation, and thumbnail creation tools.
Music production
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll

AI-generated covers of public domain songs were uploaded to streaming platforms under Murphy Campbell's name, leading to copyright issues.
#ai-copyright-policy
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Actors, musicians and writers welcome UK U-turn on AI copyright

The UK government reversed its plan to allow AI firms to use copyrighted work without permission, following widespread backlash from artists and creative industry organizations.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Government backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry from major artists

The UK government reversed its AI copyright policy allowing opt-out training of copyrighted works after creative industry backlash, now seeking a balanced approach without a preferred solution.
Independent films
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Retro tech fan views LaserDisc movie data with a microscope

A digital microscope can reveal analog video data encoded on LaserDiscs through pit patterns, allowing visualization of content like film credits.
fromwww.metrosiliconvalley.com
2 weeks ago

San Jose's Ton Freq Studios continues indie analog tradition | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Tone Freq Studios captures pristine acoustics and emphasizes analog warmth, creating a tactile space that values collective experiences over the convenience of digital recording methods.
Music production
Music
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Spotify once had a reputation for underpaying music artists. It hopes to change that perception

Spotify transformed the music industry from crisis to growth, becoming the world's highest-paying music retailer with over $11 billion in annual payouts, with roughly half generated by independent artists.
Apple
fromTechRepublic
1 month ago

Apple Music Plans Transparency Tags for AI-Generated Tracks - TechRepublic

Apple Music is implementing transparency tags to identify AI-generated music, normalizing disclosure practices across streaming platforms as synthetic music volumes increase.
#vinyl-records
fromInsideHook
3 weeks ago
Music production

From Our EIC: The Recipe for a Perfect Listening Room

Limited space for record collection causes anxiety and prompts thoughts of an ideal listening area with upgraded components.
fromConsequence
1 month ago
Music production

Vinyl Sales Eclipse $1 Billion in 2025 for First Time

Vinyl record sales exceeded $1 billion in 2025 for the first time, driven by 19 consecutive years of growth and dominated by Taylor Swift's overwhelming market share.
Music production
fromInsideHook
3 weeks ago

From Our EIC: The Recipe for a Perfect Listening Room

Limited space for record collection causes anxiety and prompts thoughts of an ideal listening area with upgraded components.
Music production
fromConsequence
1 month ago

Vinyl Sales Eclipse $1 Billion in 2025 for First Time

Vinyl record sales exceeded $1 billion in 2025 for the first time, driven by 19 consecutive years of growth and dominated by Taylor Swift's overwhelming market share.
Law
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

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fromColossal
1 month ago

Radioposter Launches Paper-fi: Analog Books with Synchronized Soundtracks

Radioposter has built what it calls Paper-fi: physical books with synchronized audio soundtracks that follow readers in real time as they turn each page. No chips embedded in the paper, no QR codes to scan. The system uses patented computer vision and other modes through a smartphone or smart glasses to track your place in the book and play the corresponding audio.
Arts
fromTheregister
2 months ago

AWS will not protect users from media codec patent holders

In a February 2 notification sent to relevant customers, the cloud giant says it is updating its Service Terms to specify it does not have "defense or payment obligations for third-party patent claims against you related to use of these services for audio/video encoding, decoding, or transcoding." The services in question are AWS Elemental MediaLive, AWS Elemental MediaConvert, Amazon Interactive Video Service, Chime SDK, Amazon GameLift Streams, and Amazon Kinesis Video Services.
Tech industry
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Stock music you need for UI, social media, and games

In recent years, multimedia content has firmly established itself online, fueled by the development of high-speed Internet technologies as well as the growing availability of tools for creating and editing video. The global lockdowns also contributed to this process by forcing people to look for similar alternatives on the web. If integrating video into your communications sounds like an overwhelming investment, start leveraging your products with music and audio that are often underestimated by marketers.
Social media marketing
Remodel
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Today's Office: Oliver Bruce on his sound-proof, distraction-proof podcast studio

A soundproofed, foam-lined podcast studio converted into an office improves focus and creativity compared with an open-plan glass office.
Information security
fromInc
2 months ago

Platforms Can't Stop Live Pirates with Yesterday's Tools

Real-time fraudulent live streams impersonate brands and executives to steal credentials and money, exploiting platforms' inadequate live-moderation and causing rapid financial and reputational harm.
#copyright
London music
fromBrooklynVegan
2 months ago

Soulwax are hosting Abbey Road Studio's first-ever rave

Soulwax will host Abbey Road Studios' first-ever rave on February 21, limited to 300 attendees reachable via a hotline; 2ManyDJs will perform.
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Publishers are blocking the Internet Archive for fear AI scrapers can use it as a workaround

"A lot of these AI businesses are looking for readily available, structured databases of content," Robert Hahn, head of business affairs and licensing for The Guardian, told . "The Internet Archive's API would have been an obvious place to plug their own machines into and suck out the IP."
Media industry
Music production
fromRAIN News
1 month ago

Too Lost (music tech) receives funding for artist/label distribution & publishing

Too Lost, a New York music tech platform serving 450,000+ independent artists, secured strategic investment from GoldState Music and TA Associated while founders retain control and ownership.
Music
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Is AI Ruining Music?

Streaming economics, algorithmic recommendations, and generative AI commodify music, reduce artist revenue, and threaten creative control and discovery.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Hundreds of creatives warn against an AI slop future

Around 800 artists and creatives accuse AI companies of copying and profiting from their work without authorization, launching the "Stealing Isn't Innovation" campaign.
Music production
fromRAIN News
1 month ago

"A good year" - MIDiA Research on the 2025 music market and "expanded rights"

Global recorded music revenue reached $39.5 billion in 2025, with expanded rights income driving 21.5% year-over-year growth and increasing overall market growth from 7.7% to 9.4%.
#ai-generated-music
fromPitchfork
2 months ago
Music

AI Music Is Here to Stay. How Do We Reckon With It?

Music platforms are increasingly policing AI-generated music, with Bandcamp banning tracks generated wholly or substantially by AI.
fromEngadget
1 month ago
Music production

Apple Music can now flag AI content, but only if distributors elect to label it

Apple Music introduces Transparency Tags allowing record labels to voluntarily disclose AI-generated music content to listeners.
Music production
fromEngadget
1 month ago

Apple Music can now flag AI content, but only if distributors elect to label it

Apple Music introduces Transparency Tags allowing record labels to voluntarily disclose AI-generated music content to listeners.
Music
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Record Store Day 2026: The 45 Must-Have Releases

Record Store Day 2026 (April 18) features limited-edition vinyl, box sets, and specialty releases from major artists including Bruno Mars, Slipknot, Springsteen, and Bowie.
Intellectual property law
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over 'flagrant piracy' of 20,000 works | TechCrunch

Music publishers led by Concord and Universal are suing Anthropic for allegedly illegally downloading over 20,000 copyrighted songs, seeking more than $3 billion in damages.
#ai-music-generation
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

Lead Investor in Music Generation App Suno Deletes Tweet That Contradicts Its Argument in High Stakes Court Cases

Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Lead Investor in Music Generation App Suno Deletes Tweet That Contradicts Its Argument in High Stakes Court Cases

AI music generation company Suno reached two million paid subscribers amid ongoing copyright lawsuits, with its fair use defense facing legal challenges from multiple jurisdictions.
Music
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Britney Spears Sells Rights to Music Catalog

Britney Spears sold the rights to her music catalog; terms and sale price have not been disclosed.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Experience: my record company replaced me with an impostor'

Debbie Deb's breakthrough in 1984 freestyle music came through a chance meeting with producer Pretty Tony, resulting in hit singles despite being hired as an artist-for-hire with minimal compensation while a different performer represented her publicly.
Music production
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Yamaha launches Creator Pass for music makers and podcasters

Yamaha launches Creator Pass, a subscription bundle combining music production and podcast tools from multiple partners at seven different pricing tiers ranging from $14.99 to $468 annually.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

Mr. Worldwide: Artist Prevails In Fierce Battle Over The Copyright Act's Reclamation Right - Above the Law

U.S. law permits artists to reclaim copyrights after statutory periods to correct initial imbalances and pursue fairer licensing agreements.
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Metal Band Releases New Album on N64 Cartridge

Last year saw the highest vinyl record sales since 1984, signaling a strong desire among music enthusiasts to return to a simpler time of physical media. Even cassette tapes are making a comeback, with major artists including Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift releasing their material on the iconic plastic, four-inch audio reels. Now, self-described "party slam" metal band Party Cannon is taking the nostalgia play - often framed as an act of defiance against greedy and AI-slop-infested streaming platforms - to a new level.
Music
Music
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Britney Spears sells the rights to her music catalog

Britney Spears transferred rights to her early-2000s songs to Primary Wave for approximately $200 million, reflecting strong demand in the booming music-rights market.
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