Midweek Music Update: Wednesday 11 March 2026
Welcome to this fortnight's round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past few weeks.
If you are looking for advice in relation to any of the issues mentioned, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Legal updates
Live Nation reach settlement in antitrust case with the Department of Justice (Hollywood Reporter)
Rough Trade Records and Beggars Music sue $uicideboy$ over unauthorised sample (Law360)
Sony sued by Lit for breach of contract alleging $800,000 in unpaid royalties (VICE)
Federal appeals court overturns BMI’s rate increase on promoters (MBW)
Miley Cyrus seeks dismissal of copyright case arguing similarities are commonplace (Music Radar)
Chance The Rapper and former manager reach US court in sunset clause dispute (CMU)
US Supreme Court refuses to intervene in AI generated copyright dispute (Reuters)
Swedish court dismisses former manager's defamation claim against Avicii's estate (Rolling Stone)
Independent musicians bring copyright infringement suit against Google's Lyria 3 (Billboard)
PRS for Music sue the owner of game-downloads store Steam (Music Ally)
German court hears oral proceedings in GEMA's copyright case against Suno (MBW)
In the news
Apple Music launches transparency tags to identify when AI has been used (MBW)
Andrea Czapary Martin to step down as PRS for Music CEO at the end of 2026 (PRS for Music)
Suno CEO announces $300 million annual revenue and 2 million paid subscribers (Music Ally)
Primary Wave reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Kobalt (CMU)
Brockwell Live given the go ahead by Lambeth Council (Rolling Stone)
The BRIT Awards achieves record breaking digital engagement (Record of the Day)
Create Music Group reports raising $450 million in investments (Billboard)
Features and commentary
Termination battles and why it is time to change sound recording contracts (Billboard)
Tour or Residency: Jade, CMAT, Self Esteem and Wolf Alice discuss (BBC)
Industry changes and developments
Music and live entertainment organisations press Senate to toughen ticketing legislation (MBW)
House of Lords committee releases report on "AI, copyright and the creative industries" (CMU)
Featured Artists Coalition launch funding initiative to tackle "cost of touring crisis" (Record of the Day)
