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Cutting Edge acquires music rights and royalties of ‘Fast and Furious’ and ‘Yellowstone’ composer Brian Tyler
Company described the deal as one of the largest ever completed for the rights of a single film and TV composer Source...

Pophouse acquires stake in Iron Maiden’s catalog, name, image & likeness rights
Pophouse Entertainment has entered into a partnership with influential British heavy metal band Iron Maiden Source...

Warner Music Finland acquires Mökkitie Records’ catalog and publishing rights, signs Arttu Wiskari to new multi-year deal
Mökkitie Managing Director Olli Saksa will join Warner Music Finland's A&R team following the deal. Source...

Exceleration Music acquires catalog of Japan’s Ryuichi Sakamoto in joint venture with Tokyo-based NexTone
Exceleration will manage and collect income from Sakamoto's rights outside Asia, while NexTone will handle the catalog within Japan. Source...

Deezer’s new in-app remix feature lets users speed up and modify tracks by Céline Dion and other artists ‘with full rights compliance’
Deezer says every remix is created with the explicit agreement of the artist, and that streams of remixed versions are attributed to the original work Source...

The majors and BMG asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that lets songwriters reclaim copyrights worldwide. Five things to know about Vetter v. Resnik
For about 50 years, the industry believed termination only affected US rights. This ruling would make those rights worldwide for the first time. Source...

Ex-Blackstone exec Vlado Spasov launches $1.5B alternative asset manager Trimontium – music rights among target assets
Trimontium says its target areas also include "uncorrelated" asset classes such as IP rights and royalties. Source...

Spotify wins dismissal of lawsuit claiming it allowed ‘billions’ of fraudulent Drake streams
In November 2025, rapper RBX claimed Spotify failed to curb "mass-scale fraudulent streaming," stripping royalties from other rights holders. Source...

MF Doom estate and Temu reach settlement in lawsuit over alleged knock-off merch
The plaintiff, Gas Drawls, LLC, owns the rights to MF Doom's music and intellectual property Source...

Irving Azoff’s Music Artists Coalition among 31 groups warning against ‘misuse’ of artist and songwriter rights in AI deals
Orgs representing artists, songwriters and music managers issue open letter over AI deals Source...

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