Lengthy Time No See Comedy Podcast

Lengthy Time No See Comedy Podcast

by | Sep 7, 2025 | Entertainment Law, Music Business, Podcast News

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The newest episode of Lengthy Time No See: The Podcast brings collectively comedians J.F. Harris (Invoice Burr’s The Ringers, The Late Late Present) and Martin Morrow (I Assume You Ought to Depart, St. Denis Medical), who’ve recognized one another for over a decade however by no means actually frolicked — till now. Pay attention as the 2 talk about roller-blade tradition, questionable vogue decisions, and the distinctive trauma of being your divorced mother’s emotional assist particular person within the episode above or wherever you get your podcasts.

Morrow reveals he didn’t date till he was in his late teenagers, however not for lack of want — he was simply too busy being his mother’s wingman. “My dad and mom acquired divorced after I was 5, and [my mom] handled me like [her] homosexual greatest buddy,” he jokes. “Like lots of complaining about totally different relationships or courting, and I’d must be like, ‘Aw, it’s okay mother, you’ll get it…’ There could be guys she’d be courting and I’d be like, ‘Nah, he’s an fool mother. You don’t need to date him.’”

On a weirder thread, the pair discuss locations they’d hang-out as ghosts, with Morrow suggesting it’d be enjoyable to hang-out a spot like Los Angeles’ Magic Fort. “A ghost and a magician? So annoying,” jokes again Harris, who has his personal afterlife goal: “I might like to hang-out the parking zone of a Deliberate Parenthood. Simply fuck with all of the protesters: ‘That is Jesus. You’re wrOOooOOOoonnNNggg!’”

Staying within the postmortem realm, Harris and Morrow additionally talk about the life statistics they’d prefer to see after they die. “I’d wanna know what number of occasions I used to be proper when folks had been satisfied that they had been proper, however it was really me who was proper,” jokes Morrow. “Like, ‘Fucking advised him! I knew it! They lied on me!’” Harris, in the meantime, would simply need to see what number of people he made snigger.

Be a part of that quantity by listening to the most recent episode of Lengthy Time No See: The Podcast or watching it in full above. You can too discover us in your favourite podcast platform, and don’t overlook to assist the present by following and leaving us a evaluate — particularly on Apple Podcasts.

Lengthy Time No See: The Podcast comes from Wes Brumbaugh and Jack Fink’s Lengthy Time No See Comedy showcase collection. The podcast was created in partnership with and is introduced by Consequence Podcast Community and Los Angeles’ Gold-Diggers, which not too long ago launched the Gold-Diggers Media manufacturing entity.



IPRMENTLAW WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS ( AUGUST 18-24, 2025 )

IPRMENTLAW WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS ( AUGUST 18-24, 2025 )

by | Aug 31, 2025 | Entertainment Law, Music Business, Podcast News

The 2025 Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act receives government’s approval.

The President gave the president’s aρproval of the 2025 Promotion and Regulation of Online Gαming Acƫ on August 22, 2025, αnd it is now α ɾules.

Features of the day:

  • Contains all of India and even includes online gambling services that are offered outside of India.
  • Games types:
      E-sports iȿ recognized as competitive sports anḑ promoted through education, research, and ȿituations.

    • No money is iȵvested įn website cultural activities, which are permitted fσr reçreation and education.
    • 0nline gambling iȿ strįctly prohibited, regardless of ability or prospect.
  • Prohibitions:
    • Ban on giving, promoting, or playing onIine gamblįng.
    • Ban on virtual gambling-related ads.
    • Ban on economic organizations that facilitate these kinds of purchases.
  • Central Government iȿ eɱpowered to establish an online gaming authority tσ oversee, describe, and coȵtrol games.
  • Penalties:
    • offering online gambling services for free ( higher penalties for repeat offenses ) or imprisonment for up to three years.
    • Marketing: INR 50 million or two-year incarceration.
    • Monetary dealings can result in fįnes of up to INR 1 million or imprisonment foɾ μp ƫo three ყears.
    • Follow offenses result iȵ ǥreater fineȿ and lower minimum penalties.
  • Infractions under Sections relating to entertainment and bank transfers are criminal and non-bailable in nature.
  • Protection: Central Government officials are empoωered tσ look intσ, research, capture, aȵd block online gambling platforms.
  • Act has the power to override other laws ‘ uneven rules, including those in the IT Act, where needed.

The Online Gaming Promotion and Regulation Act is available around.

Thȩ Delhi High Court has ruled įn a trademark infringement çase thαt Sci-Hub anḑ Sci-Net must be blocked.

In a private and trademark infringement lawsuit brought by printing companies Authorship, Wiley India, and the American Chemical Society, the Delhi High Court has issued an interim injunction blocking access to websites like” Sci-Hub” and” Sci-Net. ” Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has requested that the websites be removed from the websites of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ( MEITY ) and the Department of Telecommunications.

Read the order below.

The Delhi Higⱨ Couɾt rulȩs that the terɱ” Yatra” is universal and cαnnot be used as a monopoly expression.

A request by Yatra Online Limited to stop Mach Conferences and Events Limited from offering service under the names BookMyYatra and BookMyYatra. com was just rejected by the Delhi High Court. The Court overturned a previous father falls decision in favor of Yatra Online, holding that the phrase” Yatra” cannot be used solely to describe travel.

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The Delhi High Court approves the John Doe get favoring” Ghar Soaps. “

Iȵ a griȩvance againsƫ some unidentified businesses, tⱨe Delhi High Court issưed a john client order to protect the arƫistic freeḑom of” Ghar Soaps,” α company that produces healthy and chemįcal-free beauty products and iȿ accuȿed of using deceptively similar ρackaging.

Vijaყ’s party flag is restrained by ƫhe Madɾas Hįgh Court because iƫ is alleged that the mark was violations.

Due to a alleged brαnd violations, the Madras High Couɾt ḑenied Vįjay’s Tamilaǥa Vetrri Kazhagam party’s requeȿt fσr an interim injunction to stop the use of thȩ group symbol. The defendant’s claim that Vijay’s group’s use of the symbol constituted rights and trademark infringements was rejected by Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy.

Even if a moviȩ name is registered ωith tⱨe video relationship, the Bombay Hįgh Court ɾules thαt copyright protection is not present for įt.

Thȩ manufacturȩr of thȩ 1993 Hiȵdi film Lootȩre filed an interim rights lawsuit with ƫhe Bombay High Court, finding that trademark laws ḑo ȵot protect a viḑeo title by simply registering it with aȵ organization. A simpIe name may be protected bყ copyright Iaws, and domestiç partnerships between picture business bodies are ineligible to non-members, according tσ the Courƫ’s rulinǥ.

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Ajey įs being watched bყ the Ɓombay High Court to end tⱨe censorship debate.

The Bombay High Court has stated that it will see Ajey: The Untold Story before deciding whether to approve the show’s producers ‘ request to guarantee it. Açcording to rȩports, the movie is based on Yogi Adityanath, the chief ministeɾ of Uttar Pradesh, wⱨo ωas iȵspired by thȩ text” Tⱨe Monk Who Became Chief Minister. “

The Jolly LLB 3 creators are summonsed to the Pune Court.

In response to a complaint from a city attorney preventing the release of the upcoming film Jolly LLB 3, a civil judge in Pune has summonsed professional Arshad Warsi, producer Subhash Kapoor, and maker Arun Bhatia. The movie teaseɾ is unpleasant tσ attorneys αnd the cσurt, according to a lawsuit brought by a ȿolicitor.

These, summonses can be seen.

The Second Wave of MIM Begin-ups, since 2021 – Music Enterprise Analysis

The Second Wave of MIM Begin-ups, since 2021 – Music Enterprise Analysis

by | Aug 24, 2025 | Entertainment Law, Music Business, Podcast News


The second wave of music funding marketplaces began in Europe, notably in Sweden, from 2021 onwards (for the primary start-up wave see half 2 of the collection). With Tangy Market, Grasp Trade and Anotherblock three new gamers entered the Swedish market between 2021 and 2023. The wave of latest firms continued with Bolero (2021) in France, Sonomo (2023) within the Netherlands, OG Music (2023) in Italy and Parca (2023) in Istanbul, Turkey. Within the US, three new music funding marketplaces have been launched in the identical interval: Band Royalty in 2021 and sliceNote in addition to JKBX in 2023. The developments within the music funding market since 2021 at the moment are the main target of the third a part of the weblog collection.

Music Funding Marketplaces – Half 3: The Second Wave of MIM Begin-ups, since 2021*

MIMs from Sweden: Tangy Market, MasterExchange, Anotherblock

Tangy Market was initially based in 2018 by former managing director of the Swedish music advocacy physique Musiksverige, Linda Portnoff, in Stockholm, however was launched for the general public in 2021. Within the meantime, Tangy Market in partnership with the Swedish accumulating society STIM to course of royalty funds, developed the cell app for the buying-and-selling-platform and purchased preliminary music property.[1] Tangy Market is a typical fractional royalty platform. Artists and different rightsholders can lease their royalty streams from their copyright for a restricted interval. Nonetheless, the rightsholders hold 100 per cent of the copyrights, as a result of they solely promote participation rights of their royalty revenues.[2] Tangy Market targets small traders and music followers, who can obtain the cell app, create a private account and deposit cash for funding. Buyers can then purchase and promote royalty shares of their favorite artists and take part within the royalty payouts. Apart from native Swedish music catalogues, Tangy Market additionally gives songs lined by celebrity artists resembling “Totally different Form of Love Tune” by Cher, “She Don’t Just like the Lights” by Justin Bieber and “Work B**ch!” by Britney Spears.[3]

MasterExchange was based by AI and blockchain knowledgeable Alexander Fred-Ojala with Star Steady founder Johan Edfeldt and music producer Jakke Erixson in Stockholm in 2022. MasterExchange is a music funding platform to purchase and promote shares in music royalty income streams. In an Preliminary Music Providing (IMO) the unique royalty proprietor sells a predetermined portion of the grasp royalties to traders. A royalty share is the distinctive tradable asset on the MasterExchange platform, representing a stake in a tune’s future grasp royalties. Like different fractional royalty platform, the traders don’t management the underlying copyright however personal a participation proper within the royalty income stream. In contrast to ANote Music or Tangy Market, the MasterExchange’s royalty share is related to an NFT on the Polygon blockchain. Nonetheless, MasterExchange conducts transactions in Euros reasonably than in cryptocurrency.[4] In August 2023, MasterExchange raised US $2.7 million in funding from a number of traders together with Vectr Fintech and launched the primary preliminary music providing of the tune “Sofia” by Alvaro Soler, launched in July 2016, which has generated over 2 billion music streams throughout numerous platforms, particularly in Italy and in Spain.[5]

The Stockholm-based Web3 platform Anotherblock launched an NFT market for music royalties in 2022 and secured a threat funding of US $8 million by way of three seed funding rounds.[6] Music rightsholders can supply shares of their royalty income streams on Anotherblock’s platform.[7] One instance was the Swedish songwriter and producer Alex Karlsson, who wrote songs for Ok-Pop acts resembling BTS, NCT, TXT and Twice, and provided the BTS hit “We Are Bulletproof: The Everlasting” on Anotherblock’s web site. Buyers should buy a 0.004 per cent share of a royalty NFT for 0.023 Ether, which truly equates to US $63.[8] The royalty NFTs are tradeable and will be bought on the secondary market on the Anotherblock platform.

Paris, Amsterdam, Milan and Istanbul: Bolero, Sonomo, OG Music, Parça

Bolero was based by William Bailey and Arthur Amon in Paris in 2021 and is a fractional royalty platform. The enterprise mannequin is similar to that of ANote Music. Buyers should buy and promote so-called “Tune Shares” in single songs or tune catalogues. A Tune Share is a digital asset that entitles to get a share of the correct to obtain proportional royalties from publishing and grasp rights of a particular tune or tune catalogue. Rights holders can switch their revenue streams from the accumulating societies to Bolero for a predefined interval however retain the underlying rights. Subsequently, the traders don’t management the underlying copyright however purchase a participation proper within the income stream generated by licensing of the tune/tune catalogue to music customers resembling music streaming companies, radio and TV stations. Bolero additionally gives a secondary market platform, the place the traders can commerce their acquired Tune Shares.[9]

Sonomo is one other fractional music funding platform working in an identical approach to the aforementioned firms. Based by Faris Saher within the Netherlands in 2022, it gives investments in the correct to say future revenues derived from grasp royalties, however not the underlying royalties or grasp rights.[10] Sonomo is targeted on grasp rights and doesn’t supply participation rights in income streams from exploiting publishing rights. The primary goal, subsequently, are indie file labels and artists, who personal their grasp rights. The rightsholders outline the preliminary share value, beginning at EUR 10, and Sonomo solely facilitates the change of shares and handles all following payout disbursement. At present traders from the EU should buy shares from 6 songs and three baskets of songs containing 42, 47 and 685 songs respectively.[11]

OG Music was based by Edoardo Tamburi and Federico Fundarò in Milan/Italy in 2023. OG Music copies the idea of quite a few pre-existing platforms resembling Anotherblock and MasterExchange, by which revenue participation rights are bought to future revenues from the exploitation of music rights. OG Music guarantees traders: “if you buy 1% of the streaming rights of a tune for five years, you’ll have the chance to periodically obtain the royalties that the tune collects by way of streaming.” The traders need to deposit an amount of cash in Euros on the platform by bank card or financial institution switch. This may be allotted to completely different tasks; nonetheless, a minimal funding of EUR 10 is critical. In return they obtain periodic funds from the completely different makes use of of the songs.[12]

Additionally in 2023, the fractional music funding platform Parça was based by Parça Teknoloji in Istanbul/Turkey. The enterprise idea is just like that of many music funding marketplaces already described. Buyers can purchase shares in royalty streams within the type of participation rights and resell them on a secondary market platform, though the latter is, nonetheless, solely in growth at Parça. For every profitable transaction, Parça costs a 5 per cent fee payment, no matter whether or not it’s an preliminary sale or a sale on the secondary buying and selling platform. Parça is the place traders can put their cash, primarily for Turkish repertoire. There are at present 69 songs on the market on the homepage, with lots of them by the identical artists.[13]

Again within the USA: Band Royalty and sliceNote

Within the USA, three additional music funding marketplaces have been launched within the second wave of start-ups. In 2021, the music trade veterans Barnaby Andersun and Noble Drakoln established Band Royalty, which has acquired music rights of 57 songs carried out by platinum-selling artists resembling Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Beyonce, Cher and so forth.[14] In contrast to different MIMs, the corporate doesn’t instantly supply stakes in songs and songs catalogues, however in royalty music swimming pools. If an investor buys a so-called BAND Music NFT, she is going to change into a member of the Music Mogul Membership, which gives entry to the three royalty music swimming pools. However to entry royalty income the investor should purchase no less than one of many acquired BAND NFT from these music royalty swimming pools and activate the staking of the BAND NFTs. This gives entry to the revenues from the royalty streams throughout the three staking swimming pools. The extra BAND Royalty NFTs an investor owns and stakes, the bigger is her royalty share. The NFTs are based mostly on the Ethereum blockchain and solely a complete of 12,000 NFTs can be found.[15]

In contrast to Band Royalty, sliceNote is a music funding market, that doesn’t use blockchain know-how and NFTs to commerce music royalty shares. SliceNote was based by the Utah-based BeatBread, which began as a platform to supply advances to artists for his or her current tune catalogues, but additionally for his or her unreleased music. In return, BeatBread receives a share within the artists’ royalty funds, over a interval decided by the artist. BeatBread was based in 2020 by Peter Sinclair and was in a position to elevate US $34 million in a primary funding spherical in February 2022 and closed one other US $100 million fund with Variant Investments in November 2022. In April 2023, BeatBread launched the music funding platform sliceNote, which gives certified traders (excessive web value people, file labels, music publishers and so forth.) the likelihood to put money into fractional shares as small as 1 per cent per deal.[16] Thus, sliceNote just isn’t a typical fractional royalty platform resembling SongVest and Musicow, however a music rights gross sales platform extra corresponding to Royalty Trade.

Determine 1: Listing of music funding marketplaces

Music Funding Market (MIM) Yr of basis Location MIM-Sort Variety of songs/rights
SongVest 2008
relaunch: 2020		 USA Fractional royalty gross sales platform 192
World Rockstar 2014 Austria Crowdfunded royalty gross sales platform greater than 400
Royalty Trade 2015 USA Music rights public sale platform 2,132
Vezt 2016 USA Fractional royalty gross sales platform defunct
Musicow 2016 South Korea Fractional royalty public sale platform greater than 1,400
Fanvestory 2017 Estonia Crowdfunded royalty gross sales platform defunct
ANote 2018 Luxembourg Fractional royalty public sale and buying and selling platform 26
Tangy Market 2021 Sweden Fractional royalty gross sales and buying and selling platform greater than 300
Band Royalty 2021 USA Fractional NFT royalty gross sales platform 57
Bolero 2021 France Fractional royalty gross sales and buying and selling platform 144
Grasp Trade 2022 Sweden Fractional NFT royalty gross sales and buying and selling platform 13
Anotherblock 2022 Sweden Fractional NFT royalty gross sales and buying and selling platform 11
Sonomo 2023 Netherlands Fractional royalty gross sales platform 9
OG Music 2023 Italy Fractional royalty gross sales platform 16
Parça 2023 Turkey Fractional royalty gross sales and buying and selling platform 39
sliceNote 2023 USA Music rights gross sales platform n.a.
JKBX 2023 USA Fractional royalty gross sales platform 97

The fourth a part of the weblog collection will take a more in-depth take a look at the US micro-royalty gross sales platform JKBX, which may act as a recreation changer by linking the billion-dollar music rights market with music funding marketplaces.

Endnotes

[1] Tangy Market, “About Us”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-19.

[2] Tangy Market, “For Creators”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-19.

[3] Tangy Market, “Funding Calculator”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-19.

[4] MasterExchange, “How It Works”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-19.

[5] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “After elevating $2.7m, music royalties market MasterExchange sells out its first ‘preliminary music providing’”, August 17, 2023, accessed: 2025-03-19.

[6] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “Web3 music startup anotherblock raises $4.3m in newest funding spherical”, Could 17, 2023, accessed: 2025-03-19.

[7] Anotherblock, “The trusted bridge to music rights investments”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-19.

[8] Anotherblock, “‘We Are Bulletproof: The Everlasting’ by Alex Karlsson”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-19.

[9] Bolero, “Incessantly Requested Questions”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-19.

[10] Fintech Finance Information, “Sonomo Hits the Proper Notice With Weavr’s Help”, November 22, 2022, accessed: 2025-03-24.

[11] Sonomo, “How It Works”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-24.

[12] OG Music, “FAQ”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-24.

[13] Parça, “How It Works”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-24.

[14] GlobeNewswire, “Band Royalty Makes Historical past With the Launch of the World’s First Multi-Monitor Music NFT”, Could 11, 2022, accessed: 2025-03-24.

[15] Band Royalty, “FAQs”, n.d., accessed: 2025-03-24.

[16] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “BeatBread brings fractional investing to the unbiased artist funding scene”, April 12, 2023, accessed: 2025-03-24.

* This weblog publish is predicated on the report IP Finance within the Music Trade, which was commissioned by the World Mental Property Rights Group (WIPO).

Much Time No Discover Audio

Much Time No Discover Audio

by | Aug 17, 2025 | Entertainment Law, Music Business, Podcast News

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Although they had only recently met at a comedy show one day, Long Time No View: The Podcast don’t be based on their small experience. Fortunately, the two quiçkly rekindle theįr friendship after α magnificent bombing.

In a harsh tale, Drummond reveals how she forgot all of her quips during her first Don’t Show Comedy performance in San Francisco before going offstage after a brief moment of silence and shutting herself in a closet only to realize the full market could hear her through the glass ceiling. Urbano bars with his record-setting weapon aƫ the Mαll of America, ωhich iȿ “heaɾd” and” cursed” by Drummond. ” The bar said it was the most uprisings he’s ever seen.

The duo’s conversation is utterly bizarre, ranging from ridiculous talents ( Urbano can create balloon animals from his birthday clown days, while Drummond demonstrates a bird noise she learned from her friend’s drunk uncle at a quinceaera ) to where they would haunt as ghosts. Ɽummond chooses her mother’s hoưse as retaliation for ƫimes of breaking the law by getting heɾ apartment dooɾ removed. When asked about ȿtar crushes, thȩy veer off with crude laughter, lįke Urbano’s jokȩ about” ls there a Mr. Ghislaine Maxwell”? and Drummond’s quip about Trump before rehashing it.

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IPRMENTLAW WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS (July 28- August 3, 2025)

IPRMENTLAW WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS (July 28- August 3, 2025)

by | Aug 10, 2025 | Entertainment Law, Music Business, Podcast News


Centre Withdraws Order For Cuts In Udaipur Information Movie After Delhi Excessive Courtroom Queries, Will Resolve On Certification Afresh

The Delhi Excessive Courtroom questioned the Centre’s authority to order six cuts to the movie ‘Udaipur Information: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Homicide’ underneath the Cinematograph Act. On August 1, the Centre withdrew its reduce order and agreed to re-decide on the movie’s certification by August 6. The Courtroom directed producers to satisfy with the federal government on August 4. It emphasised that its concern was the authorized train of revisional powers, not the movie’s deserves, noting the Centre’s actions appeared like impermissible instructions. The movie’s launch, initially June 11, is now August 8 as a result of this certification dispute.

Case in opposition to producer for forging Malayalam actor Nivin Pauly’s signature to get rights of movie’s title

A case has been registered in opposition to Malayalam movie producer P. A. Shamnas for allegedly forging actor Nivin Pauly’s signature to amass the title rights for “Motion Hero Biju-2” from the Kerala Movie Chamber. Pauly alleges Shamnas used a cast doc, bypassing a 2023 settlement that granted all movie rights to Pauly’s manufacturing firm, Pauly Junior. An FIR was filed in opposition to Shamnas for forgery. This follows an earlier criticism by Shamnas in opposition to Pauly regarding movie rights. The dispute entails the sequel to the profitable 2016 movie “Motion Hero Biju.”

CBFC calls for main edits in Son of Sardaar 2

The CBFC demanded vital edits for Ajay Devgn’s movie “Son of Sardaar 2.” References to Chinese language President Xi Jinping had been muted, “merchandise” modified to “madam,” and “kuttey ki tarah” to “bahut buri tarah,” amongst different dialogue revisions. Regardless of these, the movie secured a U/A 13+ score with a 2h 27m 32s runtime.

Vijay Sethupathi Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Information Cybercrime Complain

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi has vehemently denied latest sexual misconduct allegations circulating on social media and has filed a proper criticism with the Cybercrime Wing of the Chennai Police. The allegations, which surfaced just lately, claimed inappropriate conduct. Sethupathi’s authorized workforce said that these claims are baseless, defamatory, and a part of a malicious marketing campaign aimed toward tarnishing his popularity. The actor has sought authorized motion in opposition to these liable for spreading the false accusations on-line, emphasizing his dedication to transparency and justice. The police have initiated an investigation into the matter based mostly on his criticism. This transfer underscores the rising use of authorized recourse by public figures in opposition to on-line defamation and unverified claims.

Ruchi Gujjar slaps producer Karan Singh at movie premiere, recordsdata police criticism alleging Rs 23 lakh fraud

Mannequin-turned-actress Ruchi Gujjar allegedly slapped producer Karan Singh Chauhan with a sandal on the premiere of his movie “So Lengthy Valley”. An FIR was filed by Gujjar, accusing Chauhan and his workforce of defrauding her of ₹23 lakh. She claims the cash was for a promised tv function, revenue sharing, and on-screen credit score that by no means materialized. Gujjar now faces assault fees, whereas her lawyer plans a counter-complaint. The movie’s director, Man Singh, dismissed the altercation as a “publicity stunt.”

Girls Movie Circuit recordsdata criticism with SWA in regards to the lack of honest pay

The Girls Movie Circuit (WFC) has filed a criticism with the Screenwriters Affiliation (SWA) concerning the extreme underpayment of writers, significantly for “micro dramas” and short-form digital content material. WFC founder Sulagna Chatterjee highlighted that writers are paid as little as Rs 1,000-Rs 2,000 per episode, considerably under SWA’s 2019 Minimal Fundamental Contract charge of Rs 11-12 lakh for movie initiatives. The criticism factors out that present SWA mandates primarily apply to movies, leaving digital codecs unregulated and prone to exploitation. WFC urges SWA to ascertain clear charge playing cards for all digital content material to make sure honest compensation and deal with this loophole.

HC pulls up CBFC for delay in certifying movie on Yogi Adityanath

The Bombay Excessive Courtroom has questioned the CBFC over its delay in certifying “Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi,” a movie purportedly based mostly on Yogi Adityanath. Producers Samrat Cinematics challenged the refusal, noting that the Cinematograph Act mandates processing inside every week and screening inside 15 days. They alleged arbitrary delay, claiming the CBFC demanded an “misguided and extraneous” no-objection certificates from the Chief Minister’s Workplace. The movie, initially set for an August 1 launch, was stalled for over a month. The Courtroom noticed the censor board can’t indefinitely delay a choice, particularly after charging precedence charges.

Delhi Excessive Courtroom Grants Interim Aid To Ching’s, Restrains Native Producer From Utilizing ‘Schezwan Chutney’ Mark

The Delhi Excessive Courtroom has granted interim reduction to Capital Meals (Ching’s Secret) in opposition to Pitambari Merchandise, restraining them from utilizing the trademark “Schezwan Chutney.” The Courtroom discovered that Ching’s is the registered proprietor of this phrase mark and likewise holds copyright in its product’s inventive packaging. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora noticed a prima facie case for infringement, emphasizing that the injunction particularly covers using the “Schezwan Chutney” mark, not the commerce costume of Pitambari’s merchandise. The defendant was selling its “Schezwan Chutney” on social media. This determination reinforces trademark safety for established manufacturers even when phrases might sound descriptive. The case might be additional heard in December.

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GLC was ours earlier than you: Justice Gautam Patel slams Principal for discover in opposition to podcast run by alumni

Former Bombay Excessive Courtroom Justice Gautam Patel has strongly condemned Authorities Legislation Faculty (GLC), Mumbai’s principal for a public discover warning authorized motion in opposition to “GLC Legislation and Lore,” a podcast run by alumni. The discover, issued July 31, 2025, disassociated the school from the podcast for unauthorized use of “GLC” in its identify. Justice Patel, an alumnus himself, despatched a scathing letter on August 1, emphasizing GLC’s legacy belongs to its alumni and calling the discover “mean-spirited” and “disgraceful” for threatening college students. He additionally supplied authorized help to the scholars if the school pursues motion. The principal clarified the discover was a precautionary measure for model safety.

CCI rejects ADIF’s criticism in opposition to Google Advertisements insurance policies

The Competitors Fee of India (CCI) has rejected a criticism by the Alliance of Digital India Basis (ADIF) in opposition to Google’s promoting insurance policies. ADIF alleged Google abused its dominant place by imposing unfair circumstances, together with banning third-party tech help advertisements, limiting mobile-only ‘Name Advertisements’, non-transparent advert rating, and permitting trademark bidding. Google defended its insurance policies as pro-consumer and pro-competition. The CCI dismissed the criticism underneath Part 26(2A) of the Competitors Act, citing that the problems had already been adjudicated in earlier instances (Matrimony.com and Vishal Gupta), and no new materials circumstances had been introduced. This determination emphasizes the precept of res judicata in competitors legislation, avoiding reinvestigation of beforehand settled issues.

Delhi HC Recognises ‘Nutella’ as Properly-Identified Trademark in Trademark Infringement Go well with Filed by Ferrero

The Delhi Excessive Courtroom has declared “Nutella” a well known trademark underneath Part 2(zg) of the Commerce Marks Act, 1999, in a go well with filed by Ferrero. Justice Saurabh Banerjee famous Nutella’s world recognition, together with by WIPO and INTA. The ruling got here after Ferrero found M.B. Enterprises manufacturing counterfeit Nutella merchandise, which the courtroom deemed a mala fide try to take advantage of Nutella’s goodwill. Highlighting public well being dangers from misleading edible objects, the courtroom decreed the go well with in Ferrero’s favor, granting a everlasting injunction and damages. This determination reinforces sturdy safety for well known manufacturers.

Columbia Sportswear sues Columbia College for trademark infringement

Columbia Sportswear has sued Columbia College for trademark infringement and breach of contract. The lawsuit, filed July 23, 2025, in Oregon federal courtroom, alleges the college’s merchandise, significantly clothes that includes solely the phrase “Columbia” in a shiny blue, violates a 2023 settlement. This pact mandated the college use a recognizable insignia, its mascot, “college,” an instructional division identify, or its founding 12 months alongside “Columbia” on attire. Columbia Sportswear claims this breach causes client confusion and seeks to halt gross sales, recall merchandise, donate merchandise, and obtain triple damages.

CoStar sues Zillow for alleged copyright infringement of 1000’s of images

CoStar Group has sued Zillow in New York federal courtroom for alleged widespread copyright infringement of over 46,000 of CoStar’s actual property images. CoStar claims Zillow revealed its watermarked photos greater than 250,000 instances, extending to companion websites like Redfin. CEO Andy Florance expressed outrage over Zillow’s alleged theft, citing CoStar’s funding in its picture database. The lawsuit additionally references Zillow’s previous legal responsibility in an identical case with VHT, Inc. CoStar estimates potential damages exceeding one billion {dollars}, probably making it one in all historical past’s largest picture infringement instances.

Sony Sues Tencent for Copyright Infringement, Says Its Recreation Is ‘Slavish Clone’ of Horizon Franchise

Sony has sued Tencent for copyright infringement, alleging Tencent’s upcoming recreation, “Mild of Motiram,” is a “slavish clone” of Sony’s Horizon franchise. Sony claims “Mild of Motiram” copies Horizon’s gameplay, story, and inventive components, doubtlessly complicated prospects. The lawsuit follows Sony’s refusal of Tencent’s 2024 collaboration provide for a brand new Horizon recreation. “Mild of Motiram,” introduced in November 2024, options “Mechanimals” and a post-apocalyptic setting, drawing quick comparability. Sony seeks financial damages and an injunction, confirming Horizon gross sales exceed 38 million copies globally.

‘Cheat software program’ will not be copyright infringing, however advert blockers could also be, German courtroom guidelines

The German Federal Courtroom of Justice (BGH) has dominated that cheat software program is usually not copyright infringing if it solely modifies short-term knowledge in a recreation’s RAM with out altering the unique program code. This follows a CJEU ruling (Sony v. Datel). Relating to ad-blockers, the BGH’s stance is much less definitive, however earlier German courtroom choices, together with an April 2018 BGH ruling, have usually discovered ad-blocking software program like Adblock Plus to be permissible and never in violation of competitors legislation or copyright, as they don’t unlawfully copy or modify copyrighted software program however quite impression how content material is displayed. The copyright implications of advert blockers are nonetheless underneath ongoing authorized scrutiny, with some instances stayed pending CJEU choices.

Apple Sues Apple Cinemas for Trademark Infringement

Apple Inc. has sued Apple Cinemas, a Massachusetts movie show chain, for trademark infringement. Apple argues the cinema’s identify confuses customers, particularly given Apple’s enlargement into leisure providers like Apple TV+ and movie manufacturing. The lawsuit, filed in opposition to a series working since 2016, seeks an injunction to drive rebranding and unspecified damages. This motion displays Apple’s aggressive model safety technique and will set a precedent for trademark scope throughout industries, doubtlessly influencing naming conventions within the leisure sector.

SC Rejects Ilaiyaraaja’s Plea to Shift Copyright Case to Madras HC

The Supreme Courtroom has dismissed a plea by Ilaiyaraaja Music N Administration Pvt Ltd (IMMPL) looking for switch of a copyright infringement go well with filed by Sony Music from the Bombay Excessive Courtroom to the Madras Excessive Courtroom. IMMPL had argued {that a} parallel case regarding 310 of the 536 musical works in query was already pending within the Madras Excessive Courtroom since 2014, and that it operated solely out of Chennai. Nevertheless, the Supreme Courtroom held that Sony’s go well with had been filed in Bombay previous to IMMPL’s Madras petition and refused to permit the switch, thereby allowing the Bombay Excessive Courtroom proceedings to proceed.

Trade Teams Increase Alarm Over Proposed Telecom Cybersecurity Guidelines

Main business associations together with IAMAI, NASSCOM, BIF, and CUTS Worldwide have raised critical considerations over the Division of Telecommunications’ draft telecom cybersecurity guidelines. The proposed amendments, they argue, considerably increase the regulatory scope to cowl non-telecom entities comparable to OTT platforms, retailers, and even academic establishments underneath the brand new “Telecommunication Identifier Consumer Entities” class. Key objections embrace the chance of regulatory overreach, potential battle with present IT legal guidelines, lack of satisfactory privateness safeguards, and substantial compliance prices—significantly because of the proposed Cell Quantity Verification system that might cost entities as much as ₹3 per transaction. Trade our bodies warn that these measures could hinder innovation, disproportionately impression MSMEs, and complicate India’s digital ecosystem.

The Securization of Music Rights – Music Enterprise Analysis

The Securization of Music Rights – Music Enterprise Analysis

by | Aug 3, 2025 | Entertainment Law, Music Business, Podcast News


Non-public fairness initiatives, wherein music catalogues are purchased up for hundreds of thousands, might simply be a transitional section in the direction of a brand new growth wherein music turns into a speculative commodity. The buzzword is securitisation. Which means that monetary giants are creating new monetary merchandise primarily based on music rights and the revenue streams they generate. In enterprise jargon, these are known as asset-backed securities (ABS), which gained their doubtful fame throughout the monetary and financial disaster that started in 2008. Nevertheless, on this case, it’s music rights somewhat than actual property loans which can be being securitised. This fifth and last a part of the weblog collection takes a more in-depth have a look at how this works and the benefits and downsides of this growth.

Comply with the Cash! Huge Capital within the Music Rights Market – Half 5: The Securization of Music Rights*

The Revival of the “Bowie Bonds”

In December 2021, Northleaf Capital Companions issued US $303.8 million in asset-backed securities (ABS) for buyers to subscribe to. These securities had been backed by a combination of music publishing and grasp rights to 52,729 music titles from the Spirit Music Group catalogue, together with the publishing rights to songs by Pete Townshend of The Who and the masters catalogue of nation star Tim McGraw, [1] each of which had been acquired by Spirit Music Group earlier than Northleaf’s funding in 2020. [2] This elevated the funding in music rights to a brand new degree, because it turned music right into a commodity that may be traded alongside different securities. This idea is paying homage to the ‘Bowie Bonds’, which British celebrity David Bowie launched on the U.S. market in 1997. These bonds bundled the rights to Bowie’s songs and assured buyers a set annual rate of interest of seven.9 per cent for ten years. Though buyers had been repaid their capital plus curiosity on the finish of the bond’s time period, the report business’s recession, starting round 2000, led ranking businesses to downgrade the Bowie Bonds from an preliminary triple-A ranking to Baa3, simply above junk degree.[3] The worldwide monetary disaster that adopted ultimately put an finish to this and related ventures.

A New Increase of Music Rights Securization

A long time later, Bowie’s avant-garde monetary experiment will be seen in a brand new mild because the time appears ripe for brand new monetary merchandise that package deal music rights for buyers. After Northleaf, KKR in February 2022 introduced the securitization of an unlimited music rights portfolio, acquired by its Chord Music three way partnership with Dundee Companions. KKR Credit score Advisors meant to promote greater than US $732 million of ABS supported by publishing and sound recording royalties from a list of 65,000 songs, together with hits from The Weeknd, Infantile Gambino, and Stevie Nicks.[4]

Nevertheless, a forerunner of this securitization increase was the US music accumulating society SESAC, which was purchased by Blackstone in 2017. In August 2019, SESAC bought US $560 million in bonds backed by licensing agreements and music royalty streams. In comparison with the later ABS offers, SESAC bought basic company bonds providing a yield of 5.25 per cent for a weighted common lifetime of 6.7 years. Kroll Bond Ranking assigned these bonds a ranking of BBB minus.[5] Three years later, in July 2022, SESAC once more issued company bonds price US $335 million to finance the acquisition of Audio Community, acquired by SESAC in 2021.[6] These bonds act like loans, however from a bunch of buyers as a substitute of elevating cash from a financial institution. The buyers anticipate the payback of their investments plus curiosity after an outlined interval, when the underlying asset has earned the required revenue.

These music rights ABS transactions, nonetheless, created new monetary merchandise, tradeable in a specialised market. This was the intention of Blackstone’s Hipgnosis Songs Capital fund, when it introduced the launch of a US $221.65 million securitization of 950 songs of its music catalogue, together with hit songs by Leonard Cohen, Justin Timberlake, and Nelly Furtado.[7]

Determine 1: The method of securitization of music rights catalogues, 2019-2025

Date of transaction Firm Sort of securitization Catalogue Transaction worth (in US$ m)
Aug 2019 Blackstone Group Company bonds SESAC licensing catalogue 560
Dec 2021 Northleaf Capital Companions ABS 52,729 music titles from the Spirit Music Group catalogue 303.8
Feb 2022 KKR ABS 65,000 songs acquired by Chord Music 732
Jul 2022 Blackstone Group Company bonds SESAC licensing catalogue 335
Aug 2022 Blackstone Group ABS 950 songs from the Hipgnosis Songs Capital fund 221.7
Dec 2022 Apollo Asset Administration ABS Greater than 1 million songs from the Harmony catalogue 1,800
Feb 2024 ATLAS SP Companions and Truist Securities ABS 5,000 songs from the Kobalt Music Publishing catalogue 266.5
Mar 2024 KKR ABS HarbourView music rights catalogue 500
Nov 2024 Blackstone Group ABS 45,000 songs catalogue from the Hipgnosis Songs Fund 1,470
Complete       6,189

In December 2022, Apollo Asset Administration’s Capital Resolution issued asset-backed securities price US $1.8 billion in cooperation with JP Morgan. Apollo’s ABS are backed by greater than 1 million copyrights from Harmony’s music catalogues, together with songs from Phil Collins, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Daft Punk, Miles Davis, Genesis, Think about Dragons, James Taylor, 9 Inch Nails, Pink Floyd, Cyndi Lauper, Little Richard, Otis Redding, R.E.M. and lots of different superstars.[8] In February 2024, it was introduced that ATLAS SP Companions, along with Truist Securities, had provided to promote US $266.5 million price of music ABS primarily based on roughly 5,000 songs from 66 songwriters from the Kobalt Music Publishing  catalogue.[9] A month later HarbourView efficiently satisfied the personal fairness agency KKR to challenge US $500 million in ABS backed by the royalty revenue from the exploitation of the acquired rights catalogue.[10] In November 2024, Blackstone accomplished a US $1.47 billion music rights ABS transaction, backed by the Hipgnosis Songs Fund 45,000-song portfolio, which Blackstone had acquired in July 2024 for US $1.58 billion. The proceeds from the so-called Lyra 24-2 ABS deal had been used primarily to repay debt and to finance future music catalogue acquisitions.[11]

A complete of US $6.2 billion of music-related bonds and asset-backed securities (ABS) has been issued since 2019 primarily by the big PE corporations, Apollo, Blackstone, KKR, and Northleaf. The securitization of music catalogues is each a monetization of music rights but additionally an exit technique for PE initiatives.

How the Securization Enterprise Works: Benefits & Disadvantages

In 2022, the pre-sale report for Hipgnosis Music Belongings (MUSIC 2022-1) by Kroll Bond Ranking Company (KBRA) highlighted how the ABS enterprise works. The MUSIC 2022-1 ABS had been issued by Hipgnosis Music Belongings 2022-1 L.P. with a price of US $221.65 million, collateralized by the royalty streams from the music publishing and grasp rights catalogue comprising 950 songs from charting songwriters and artists, together with Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furdato, and Leonard Cohen. This music catalogue was administered by the three music majors Common, Sony and Warner in addition to seven different music rights directors. The 950 songs catalogue was valued at US $341 million with a reduction fee of seven per cent. The bonds bear curiosity semi-annually and no repayments are scheduled earlier than the anticipated compensation date in Could 2027. The ranking company instructed a ranking of A- for the MUSIC 2022-1 bonds, suggesting a low danger profile.[12]

The pre-sales report additionally included an evaluation of the royalty construction of the music catalogue. Virtually two thirds of the entire annual income of US $13.4 million (earlier 12 months to Q1 2022) had been derived from licensing of publishing rights with one third from sound recording rights. Nevertheless, the income figures present that only some songs are worthwhile. For instance, ‘Hallelujah’, written by Leonard Cohen and carried out by himself and 9 different acts, generated by far the very best annual revenues accounting for 12.8 per cent or US $1.71 million.[13] General, the highest 10 songs accounted for nearly 40 per cent of all royalties. This extraordinarily uneven distribution of royalties can be seen among the many artists. The highest 10 artists within the catalogue account for 78 per cent of the entire revenue. An evaluation by age of songs revealed that outdated repertoire, outlined as songs launched 30 years in the past or extra, generated income of US $4.6 million per yr, or 35 per cent of complete income. An additional 34 per cent of gross sales had been generated by songs 10 to twenty years outdated, and an additional 8 per cent got here from songs that had been between 20 and 30 years outdated. General, songs that had been greater than 10 years outdated generated gross sales of US $10.2 million, which corresponds to a 77 per cent share of gross sales. Conversely, this meant that solely 23 per cent of annual catalogue income got here from repertoire lower than 10 years outdated.[14]

Nevertheless, in comparison with different ABS transactions, the focus of income from the highest 10 songs within the Hipgnosis MUSIC 2022-1 ABS is the very best at virtually 40 per cent. By comparability, the highest 10 songs from the 65,000-song Chord Music catalogue, on which the KKR ABS is predicated, generated 10.7 per cent of annual revenues, whereas the highest 10 songs from the 52,729-song Spirit Music catalogue, on which the Northleaf ABS is predicated, generated 15.9 per cent of complete annual revenues. This robust focus of revenue within the Hipgnosis ABS most likely led to the A- ranking by the KBRA, whereas the KKR and Northleaf ABS had been every rated A.[15]

The KBRA report highlights each, the benefits of the securitization of music rights catalogues in addition to the disadvantages. ABS transactions allow the monetisation of music catalogues, which thereby enhance in worth. Securitisation additionally creates new monetary merchandise that may be traded on a market which supplies music rights an financial worth that’s decided by provide and demand.

The KBRA report additionally reveals one other downside that the worth of the brand new monetary merchandise depends upon a couple of fashionable songs. Ought to these songs, for no matter motive, lose their reputation, the worth of the related music bonds will undergo. If, as well as, different leisure rights or different claims to future revenue (e.g. authorized proceedings received) are bundled with the music rights within the ABS, non-transparent monetary merchandise might come up that solely serve hypothesis. On this case, losses in different areas might even have a unfavorable impression on the worth of the music rights.

All elements of the collection “Comply with the Cash! Huge Capital within the Music Rights Market”

Half 1: A Quick Historical past

Half 2: The Funding Giants

Half 3: Shamrock Capital Advisors

Half 4: The Enterprise Mannequin of Non-public Fairness Corporations

Half 5: The Securization of Music Rights

Endnotes

[1] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “‘Bowie bonds’ are again: Northleaf makes use of Spirit Music Group belongings to lift $303.8m providing”, December 20, 2021, accessed: 2025-02-14.

[2] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “Spirit Music Group acquires grasp recordings of Tim McGraw initially launched by Huge Machine”, September 9, 2020, accessed: 2025-02-14.

[3] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “The title’s bonds. Music bonds.”, October 19, 2021, accessed: 2025-02-14.

[4] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “KKR purchased a music catalog from Kobalt for $1.1bn. Now it’s turning it into bonds”, February 7, 2022, accessed: 2025-02-24.

[5] Reuters, “SESAC sells $560 million in bonds backed by music royalties”, August 2, 2019, accessed: 2025-02-24.

[6] Bloomberg, “Adele License Charges to Assist Fund $335 Million of Bonds”, July 1, 2022, accessed: 2025-02-24.

[7] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “Music’s bond journey continues, as SESAC and Hipgnosis each launch nine-figure choices”, August 10, 2022, accessed: 2025-02-24.

[8] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “Harmony costs $1.8bn bond providing backed by over 1m music copyrights”, December 8, 2022, accessed: 2025-02-24.

[9] Billboard, “Kobalt Elevating $267M From Safety Backed by Tune Catalog Together with YoungBoy & Extra”, March 19, 2024, accessed: 2025-02-24.

[10] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “HarbourView raises $500m in debt financing led by KKR”, March 13, 2024, accessed: 2025-02-24.

[11] Music Enterprise Worldwide, “Blackstone’s Hipgnosis closes $1.47bn asset-backed securities transaction”, November 11, 2024, accessed: 2025-02-24.

[12] Kroll Bond Ranking Company, 2022, Hipgnosis Music Belongings 2022-1 L.P., ABS Pre-Gross sales Report, August 2, 2022.

[13] Ibid., p. 8.

[14] Ibid., p. 7.

[15] Ibid., p. 9.

* This weblog publish is predicated on the report IP Finance within the Music Business, which was commissioned by the World Mental Property Rights Group (WIPO).