Safe harbours and 6ix9ine's chart battle battle

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the publication (finally) of the US Copyright Office's report based on its review of the safe harbour that sits in America’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and 6ix9ine’s beef with Ariana Grande over her US chart position. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.

SECTION TIMES
01: US Copyright Office safe harbour report (00:03:38)
02: 6ix9ine v Ariana Grande (00:24:00)

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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• US Copyright Office finally publishes its safe harbour report, music industry sets out its copyright gripes
• Billboard denies 6ix9ine’s claims that Ariana Grande fraudulently beat him to number one in the Hot 100
• Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber deny 6ix9ine’s claims they bought US number one position

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• ERA boss on the #FixStreaming debate: “You don’t mend a #BrokenRecord by smashing the record player”
• You don’t mend a #BrokenRecord by smashing the record player (ERA blog post)
• Full US Copyright Office report
• Setlist: Charity chart battles
• Nicki Minaj v Travis Scott (and his baby)
• DJ Khaled could sue Billboard over chart position
• Peter Hook admits forging Ian Curtis’s signature (The Guardian)

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