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On Friday (April 25), the European Fee confirmed that it plans to research Common Music Group‘s proposed $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music.
Additionally this week, Warner Music Group sued cookie chain Crumbl for copyright infringement, alleging unauthorized use of 159 recordings and compositions in promotional movies posted to TikTok and Instagram the place the corporate has tens of millions of followers.
Elsewhere, Common Music Group Nashville rebranded as Music Company of America (MCA), led by Mike Harris (President & CEO) and Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb as Chief Artistic Officer.
In the meantime, we reported that Reside Nation has acquired Hayashi Worldwide Promotions (HIP), certainly one of Japan’s largest live performance promoters with over 40 years of historical past.
Lastly, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in opposition to the operator of otherbrick.com for allegedly promoting counterfeit merchandise utilizing his identify with out permission.
European regulators are formally getting ready to research Common Music Group‘s proposed $775 million Downtown Music acquisition.
The Monetary Instances first reported that an announcement a couple of probe into the deal was anticipated in the present day (April 25). The official announcement has now arrived.
The European Fee confirms that it has accepted requests submitted by Austria and the Netherlands to evaluate the proposed acquisition of Downtown by UMG below the EU Merger Regulation (EMMR).
The FT quoted UMG within the preliminary report as stating that the corporate appears to be like “ahead to persevering with to co-operate with the fee” and that “we’re assured that we are going to shut this acquisition within the second half of the 12 months, on its unique timeline.”
UMG’s Virgin Music Group revealed in December that it had agreed to purchase Downtown Music Holdings LLC….
Warner Music Group has sued US cookie chain Crumbl, alleging that it constructed its enterprise by “blatant, willful, and repeated copyright infringement.”
The criticism was lodged in a US District Court docket in Utah on Tuesday (April 22), claiming Crumbl used at the very least 159 of WMG’s recordings and compositions in promotional movies posted to TikTok and Instagram, the place the cookie firm has 9.8 million and 6.1 million followers, respectively.
“Defendants have misappropriated at the very least 159 of the preferred and useful sound recordings and musical compositions available in the market, utilizing these inventive works to construct Defendants’ model profile and drive large gross sales to Defendants with none compensation to Plaintiffs,” the lawsuit mentioned…
Common Music Group Nashville has been rebranded as Music Company of America (MCA). UMG mentioned on Thursday (April 24) that the brand new identify “speaks to creativity, creativeness, an honored legacy and the way forward for music’.
The transfer arrives two months after UMG reorganized its Nashville-based operations, with extremely revered Music Row govt Mike Harris appointed CEO.
Dave Cobb, a nine-time Grammy Award-winning producer, who UMG famous on the time, has “had important affect on the sound of Music Metropolis”, was appointed Chief Artistic Officer.
Most lately, in line with UMG, below the management of Harris and Cobb, the newly minted MCA enters “a brand new period with a daring imaginative and prescient for Nashville’s future…”
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in opposition to the operator of a web site claimed to be promoting counterfeit merchandise.
The lawsuit, filed in Illinois on Monday (April 21) in opposition to the Proprietor and/or Operator of otherbrick.com, states that it was filed “to fight on-line counterfeiters who commerce upon [Gilmour’s] status and goodwill by promoting and/or providing on the market merchandise in reference to” the David Gilmour trademark.
The web site on the centre of the lawsuit claims on its ‘about web page’ to be the “final vacation spot for Pink Floyd-inspired merchandise,” together with T-shirts and equipment to residence decor” that “mirror the spirit of this iconic band”.
The web site additionally options David Gilmour-related merch, which the lawsuit claims is being offered with out his permission…
