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  • 4th Apr 2012

    Luminaire founder creates sparks
    Andy Inglis, the co-founder of London venue The Luminaire has weighed into the secondary ticketing debate with a heavyweight blow, saying that live promoters who practice the dark art of allocating tickets to the likes of Viagogo are “screwing their artists’ audiences with their pants down”.
  • 21st Mar 2012

    Universal doubt over EMI sale
    As widely predicted, the European Commission look likely to conduct an in-depth investigation of Universal Music’s proposed purchase of EMI that could take up to three months. The EC has reportedly expressed ‘serious doubts’ over the impact that the sale could have on competition, especially in the digital domain.
  • 14th Mar 2012

    Olympic hurdle for gig tickets?

    The dispatches documentary about secondary ticketing is set to create commotion in the Commons this week, with Tory MP Mike Weatherley calling for tighter regulations.Inspired by the Channel 4 expose from last month, Weatherly is calling for controls over Olympics tickets to be applied to a wider selection of events including gigs.
  • 7th Mar 2012

    Final act for Live Music Bill
    In a victory for the live sector, grass roots musicians and promoters and those who prefer their legislation without a large dose of misguided lunacy, the Live Music Bill is expected to receive the Royal Assent this Thursday.
  • 7th Mar 2012

    BT and TalkTalk lose DEA dispute

    After almost two years of legal disputes, BT and TalkTalk have lost their final appeal against the measures of the Digital Economy Act. This effectively removes the final hurdle for the DEA’s ‘Three strikes’ warning system, meaning that the Government can now compel ISPs to send warning letters to customers downloading material protected under copyright.
  • 29th Feb 2012

    The Great Ticketing Swindle
    The live music industry has responded to last week’s explosive Dispatches documentary that blew the lid on the practices of secondary ticketing outlets and large promotion companies.
  • 2nd Feb 2012

    Dipple to lead UK Music
    Jo Dipple has been confirmed as UK Music’s new Chief Executive, having acted in that position since the departure of Feargal Sharkey in November last year.
  • 25th Jan 2012

    Live Music Bill is commons sense
    The Live Music Bill has been passed through the Commons and is now almost certain to become law, slashing the licensing red tape for small live music venues.
  • 20th Jan 2012

    AIM set sights on EMI sale
    The Association of independent Music (AIM) has launched a campaign appealing to the Government to seriously review the break-up and sale of EMI, saying that it would “undoubtedly concentrate the global music market still further into the hands of two dominant major companies – Universal and Sony”.
  • 11th Jan 2012

    696: Do police target urban events?

    The controversies of Form 696 seem to be rearing their ugly head once again, as music industry figures speak out against what they claim is discrimination in relation to the way that police handle urban music events.Organisers of a recent major urban event held in a well established live venue are claiming that police, on the basis of intelligence received about one of the artists, insisted on searching 18 performers for weapons before they went on stage, alongside a group of young people on work experience organised by a charity.
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