Bundlegate's anniversary, one-second lawsuits, and when song parody becomes history.

Hey Bud, get your licenses!

 

Names in Today's Pod

 

Adam Parness

Spotify

Dylan Smith

Marsha Blackburn

Melissa Goldberg

Rob Stringer

FUGA

Sam Taylor

Jay Gilbert

AB/Inbev/Budweiser

Paul Sampson

Cannes Lions

Gogi Gupta

Jeremy Holley

Firebird

Leo 33

Elias Leight

Shira Gans

Water & Music

 

 

LINKS:

Bundlegate Turns One

https://www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-bundling-songwriter-royalties-year-later/

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/20/spotify-ftc-investigation-calls/

Rob Stringer: 4D Chess?

https://completemusicupdate.com/did-sonys-rob-stringer-just-hand-regulators-the-case-to-tank-universals-downtown-dreams/?ref=cmu-daily-newsletter

Jay and Mike on that...

https://bio.to/UloQY6

Bud-not-so-weiser

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7341779596419252226-Uir6?

Melissa Lists the Nashville Jobs

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/melissagoldberg_the-response-to-my-last-post-about-industry-activity-7341191518558306306-eWI0?

Leo33: How's it's Done

https://www.billboard.com/pro/leo33-zach-top-i-never-lie-chart-success-label-look/

NIVA

https://www.nivassoc.org/conference

Glasto

https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/

Montreal

https://montrealjazzfest.com/

 

RoyFi

Https://www.royfi.com

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