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Newsletter for Legal created at June 22, 2026 06:54

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"Updates on Copyright Law Changes, Legal Battles, and NO FAKES Act"

This newsletter is about recent changes to copyright law in Japan, allowing foreign and Japanese rightsholders to receive payments for public performances of their recordings. It also discusses legal battles between major music publishers and tech companies like Meta Platforms and Elon Musk's X Corp, as well as the introduction of the NO FAKES Act in the US to protect individuals' voice and likeness from AI-generated deepfakes.

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Japan amends copyright law so that artists and labels will get public performance royalties for the first time 0.95 Complete Music Update (CMU) 0 0
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APRA AMCOS says Atlantic investigation proves AI companies have plundered the “life’s work of Australian and New Zealand songwriters” 0.95 Complete Music Update (CMU) 0 0
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Japan passes copyright reform giving performers and record companies royalties when recordings play in public, including overseas - Music Business Worldwide 0.95 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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US Supreme Court needs to stop termination rights “chaos”, say majors 0.95 Complete Music Update (CMU) 0 0
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Meta moves to dismiss Wixen’s $102M lawsuit, says publisher is ‘seeking to transform a routine licensing dispute’ into a ‘sweeping’ legal battle - Music Business Worldwide 0.9 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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Elon Musk’s X moves to dismiss music publishers’ $250M+ copyright lawsuit, arguing Supreme Court’s Cox ruling ‘forecloses’ the case - Music Business Worldwide 0.9 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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Music industry happy as NO FAKES Act progresses further in US Congress, though criticism remains on free speech grounds 0.9 Complete Music Update (CMU) 0 0
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Spotify’s ‘Reserved’ ticketing feature launches in the US today under a multi-year Live Nation deal, starting with indie-pop artist Role Model - Music Business Worldwide 0.85 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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NO FAKES: Senate panel backs bill that could cost platforms $750k per AI deepfake - Music Business Worldwide 0.85 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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CISAC launches AVR+ to modernize how music in film and TV is tracked – and paid for - Music Business Worldwide 0.85 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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