Robert Levine

Vocal imitations like 2Pac’s verse on Drake’s song “Taylor Made Freestyle” can’t be made without ingesting original works. Is that legal?

The rapper, who objected when technology conjured up his voice, is now imitating others. This is in bad taste — but it’s also bad politics.

Everyone says “superfans” are the future of the music business. But what do they actually want to buy?

Income at the German CMO increased, but at a lesser rate than the previous year. Does that mean growth is steady or starting to slow?

Gene Simmons explains how ABBA’s Voyage show played into the deal.

With the growth of the recorded music business in North America and Europe slowing, the industry will soon have to look to other markets and products to keep the dough rolling in.

Private equity isn’t wrecking the industry. But investors own rights to music by Stevie, Whitney, and now Cyndi Lauper. How much will that change things?

A New York Times opinion piece bemoaned the rise of private equity purchasing older music catalogs, saying it’s “destroying our music ecosystem.” But that’s hardly the problem.

Probably not, but new EU copyright laws constrain platforms in a way that gives rights holders more negotiating power.

The Swedish company behind ABBA’s Voyage buys rights to the pop icon’s publishing and recording revenue in its first U.S. deal.

“We get so many requests for these songs, and when we saw that request, we just said no way,” she tells Billboard.

The biggest company in the business launched a nuclear strike. Here’s what that means for other rights holders.

Atlantic business affairs EVP Michael Kushner was honored with the Entertainment Law Initiative Service Award at the organization’s annual Grammy Week event.

More than a third of European songwriters surveyed have used AI – but almost two-thirds are concerned about it.

The monthly competition is run by Session Studio, a platform that tracks creators credits as they collaborate.

The recording industry’s top international lobbyist remembers how she built an “A-level team” and brought some lobbying muscle to Brussels.

The iconic classical music company, the world’s oldest operating label, marks a century and a quarter in business with the first of three concerts.

SUISA Digital’s lawsuit, filed today in Munich, follows an NMPA suit in June.

Last week, the label had Germany’s top 10 albums, also including releases from The Rolling Stones, Stray Kids and Jung Kook.

The UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization teams with a music foundation co-founded by Björn Ulvaeus on an online creator education platform.