Midweek Music Update: Wednesday 10 December 2025
Welcome to this fortnight's round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past few weeks.
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Legal updates
Epidemic Sound brings second copyright infringement case against Meta (MBW)
Secondary ruling in Getty’s UK showdown with Stability AI begs the primary question (Simkins LLP)
UMG's dispute with Cloudflare headed for the CJEU (MBW)
$1bn+ lawsuit Major labels vs Cox reaches Supreme Court (CMU)
WMG goes head-to-head with clothing brand Pacific Sunwear over unlicenced music (MusicAlly)
Judge expected to allow Ticketmaster customers to proceed as a class in lawsuit (MBW)
Kneecap sue Canadian MP Vince Gasparro (CMU)
Estate of Johnny Cash sues Coca Cola under the 'Elvis Act' (MusicAlly)
In the news
FAMM claims Haven's AI assisted track 'I Run' infringes Jorja Smith’s rights (CMU)
MMF announces first group of managers under the Manager Certification Programme (MusicWeek)
Merlin inks deal with leading karaoke company Singa (Merlin)
Nominees for the Critics' Choice award at the BRIT’s 2026 announced (MusicWeek)
IMPF calls for members to reject AI deals that undervalue songs (CMU)
Artists campaign against UK-EU touring barriers (MusicWeek)
Spotify's share price falls yet again (Billboard)
The O2 has partnered with Music Venue Trust on grassroots funding initiative (MusicWeek)
Bending Spoons to acquire Eventbrite in $500m deal (MusicAlly)
Xposure Music boosts its indie acquisition pot securing $42.5m in debt and equity funding (MBW)
Bad Bunny tops Spotify's charts for 2025 (MusicAlly)
Industry changes/developments
