Compliance

Keeping up with compliance and enforcement of music, creative, and IP related legislation

TikTok Pauses Privacy Policy Update in Europe Following Regulatory Pushback

July 13, 2022

Photo Credit: Eyestetix Studio TikTok postpones a controversial privacy policy change following European regulatory pushback. TikTok has agreed to postpone a controversial privacy policy update in Europe tha... Read More...

Major Music Publishers Send ‘Formal Notices’ to Google and Apple as Part of Broader App Crackdown

Dylan Smith

June 16, 2022

NMPA president and CEO David Israelite. The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has officially taken aim at about 100 apps that it says are using unlicensed music – in addition to sending “formal no... Read More...

Universal Music Group Inks Licensing Deal With Music-Integration Platform Songclip

Dylan Smith

June 13, 2022

Universal Music Group headquarters in Santa Monica, CA. About 15 months after announcing an $11 million funding round, music-integration platform Songclip has inked “a multi-year global strategic partnership ... Read More...

Amazon No Longer Offers Kindle, Music, & Audiobooks Purchases on Android

Ashley King

June 5, 2022

Photo Credit: Waldemar Brandt Amazon is making changes to its suite of apps which removes music, books, and audiobooks purchases on Android devices. Here's why. This month Amazon began notifying Kindle app u... Read More...

Epic Games and Google Ink Temporary Agreement to Keep Bandcamp on the Play Store

Dylan Smith

May 20, 2022

Late last month, reports revealed that Bandcamp was facing a possible removal from the Play Store amid a broader billing-policy battle between its Epic Games parent and Google. Now, the involved parties have ... Read More...

Session Wants to Solve the Music Metadata Mess — And Unleash Billions In Missing Royalties

Paul Resnikoff

May 9, 2022

Photo Credit: Sam Moghadam Khamseh Are you leaving money on the table as an artist, producer, songwriter, label, or publisher? Mismanaged metadata is one of the biggest problems plaguing indie artists and the... Read More...

TikTok Is Deleting Accounts After Its $5.7 Million Compliance Violation

Ashley King

March 1, 2019

After getting slapped with a $5.7 million dollar fine by the FTC for violating child privacy laws, TikTok is making sweeping changes to the platform — including deleting accounts. People under the age of 13 ... Read More...

Senator Prods Radio Conglomerates on Payola Compliance

Paul Resnikoff

July 12, 2007

Just months after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued payola-related penalties against US-based radio conglomerates, a prominent lawmaker is assuming the role of compliance cop. Senator Russ F... Read More...

Assistive vs. Generative AI: What’s the Difference and What Are the Copyright Implications?

Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) Refuses to Disclose ‘Black Box’ Account Figures as Total Payouts Top $1 Billion

Sound Credit Partners With PPL — North American Creators Can Now Collect Neighboring Rights Royalties

TikTok CEO Meets with EU Officials Over Privacy & Child Safety Concerns

Multiple Universities Begin Banning TikTok After ByteDance Admits Employees Improperly Accessed User Data

Major Music Publishers Send ‘Formal Notices’ to Google and Apple as Part of Broader App Crackdown

Amazon No Longer Offers Kindle, Music, & Audiobooks Purchases on Android

Epic Games and Google Ink Temporary Agreement to Keep Bandcamp on the Play Store

Session Wants to Solve the Music Metadata Mess — And Unleash Billions In Missing Royalties

TikTok Is Deleting Accounts After Its $5.7 Million Compliance Violation

Senator Prods Radio Conglomerates on Payola Compliance