Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Audius Blockchain music-streaming service heavily criticised 2 months after launch 2 months out the gate and Audius Blockchain is already receiving heat. As more of the music industry looks towards blockchain to solve its financial troubles, a company called Audius came to be that promised to do just that- only it isn’t that easy in […]
Eminem sues Spotify for billions in copyright infringement case Eminem sues Spotify, which could potentially cost the streaming giant billions. Eminem’s publisher Eight Mile Style filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Spotify on Wednesday, 21 Augustin the U.S District Court in Nashville. The lawsuit alleges that the streaming giant grossly infringed upon hundreds of works […]
Did David Guetta plagiarise SA artist, Daniel Baron’s, song? [LISTEN] Did David Guetta plagiarise a song written by South African artist, Daniel Baron? The dispute is between David Guetta and Sia’s 2018 track Light Headed and Daniel Baron’s 2016 track Children of the Sun. In 2016 SA artist Daniel Baron released a hit called Children […]
Resharing memes illegal says SA Copyright Law Resharing memes will soon be illegal according to a report on South African Copyright Laws which are due for an update. We can all agree that the nature of copyright has evolved tenfold over the past decade, even the past 5 years and it is vital for any […]
Warner Music signs Dubset deal for legal distribution of DJ mixes Warner Music signs Dubset deal allowing DJs to monetize mixes using Warner’s catalog. Dubset is the rights clearance startup that’s helping DJs monetize mixes containing licensed songs, and they have just caught a big fish of record labels: Warner Music. This means that DJs […]
Spotify crowd-sources free labour from its 160 million users Spotify crowd-sources free labour, get “Line-In.” Behind the sweet sounds of music lies the back-end metadata that holds important information like rights, track names, aliases, tags and external links… For a company like Spotify, this information is of upmost importance with the disorganisation thereof leading the […]
Investigation says Distruction Boyz Omunye was allegedly stolen Distruction Boyz Omunye was allegedly stolen. It may seem like Distruction Boyz oscillate between positive and negative news, which is exactly what it is. Distruction Boyz homecoming show goes haywire with mobbing and robbing More recently they’ve been making headlines for all the right reasons, up until […]
H&M advert blatantly rips a producer’s track A new H&M advert has landed them in hot water again. It’s barely been 5 minutes since H&M received serious backlash for their “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” ad, where countless people felt it to be racist, as it depicts a black boy wearing the hoodie. In South […]
Facebook direct license – Artists have till March 12 to opt in Enter the Facebook direct license. Artists can now get paid for their music on Facebook, Instagram and Oculus. There is one issue that always comes up; copyright and the authorization of distribution, which is often blurred in the binary web that is the […]
Remix Hits platform creates a ‘stem marketplace’ for remixing The Remix Hits platform enters the biology of music as they create a ‘stem marketplace.’ In previous times, DJs have had to use non-legal stems of popular songs to create remixes. These stems are not of the highest quality as it loses ‘value’ in the download, […]
