Setlist Podcast
1) AI lawsuit warns of “devastating impacts” on human creativity
On this week’s show, we discuss the launch of the record industry’s first major lawsuits against music-generating AI companies - with the RIAA coordinating litigation against Suno and Udio - plus a gr...Show More
2) Spotify referred to FTC over “unlawful conduct”
On this week’s show, we discuss the latest escalation in the fight over Spotify’s reclassification of its premium subscription as an audiobook and music bundle in the US, the lawsuit against Drake for...Show More
3) It’s been a bad week to be Live Nation
On this week's show we discuss the US government’s legal action against Live Nation that seeks to force it to sell off Ticketmaster, ticket touts’ plans to fight the Labour Party’s proposed 10% price ...Show More
4) “Spotify is not a business partner”, says NMPA boss
On this week's show we discuss the battle between the music publishers and Spotify as it ramps up another gear, Sony Music's lawsuit accusing the Marriott hotel chain of “rampant” copyright infringeme...Show More
5) Music publishers go to war with Spotify
On this week's show we discuss the battle between music publishers and Spotify over it’s plans to reclassify its subscriptions as bundles of music, audiobooks and podcasts, and commercial media compan...Show More
6) Arena ticket levy by September, MPs demand
Chris Cooke and Andy Malt discuss the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee recommending that the government implement a levy on ticket sales for large scale shows and cut VAT for grassro...Show More
7) Calls for urgent new AI laws in UK and US
On this week's show we discuss the calls on both sides of the Atlantic for new AI laws to protect creators, the big love-in between Universal and TikTok as they finally resolve their differences, and ...Show More
8) Hipgnosis v Hipgnosis - the saga continues…
On this week's show we discuss the bidding war compounding the latest in a long line of dramas at Hipgnosis, the faltering start for Manchester’s new Co-op Live arena and more. SECTION TIMES 01: Hip...Show More
9) MPs want to see action on musicians’ income
On this week's show we discuss the warning from UK politicians that there need to be “tangible steps to improve musicians’ remuneration and performer rights” by this time next year, and Blur drummer D...Show More
10) Make big shows fund grassroots music, politicians told
On this week's show we discuss UK Parliament's Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee's hearing on the grassroots live music crisis, and the Nirvana logo legal battle's return to court. SECTION TIME...Show More