TikTok limiting users from using certain commercial tracks in its app in Australia as a ‘test’ was guaranteed to go down badly with labels.
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Australian music industry calls for Covid-19 live fund
As a new wave of Covid-19 restrictions hit the Australian live music business, a group of industry bodies is calling for more support from the government there.
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Australian recorded music industry grew by 5.5% in 2019
It’s a strange time for music industry bodies to be announcing their figures for 2019. Pretty much across the board the numbers are very good, but thanks to the Covid-19 […]
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Major labels seek Australian ISP blocks of KickassTorrents
The Australian arms of the three major labels have teamed up with collecting society APRA AMCOS to file a court order to force local ISPs to block access to filesharing site KickassTorrents.
They’re using Section 115A, legislation that was passed in Australia last year to make ISP-level blocks possible, following the model set by the UK and its High Court. Now the legislation is being put into practice.
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Digital Content Guide launches in Australia
Against a backdrop of moves towards the implementation of anti-piracy measures (see yesterday’s Music Ally Bulletin), the content industries in Australia are collectively launching the Digital Content Guide to promote […]
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Australian music sales dropped 11.6% in 2013
Australia may be one of the most fiercely competitive markets in the world for digital music, but it’s also one of the countries suffering most still from a decline in physical sales
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ARIA positive about digital music growth in Australia
Australian music industry body ARIA has published its latest trade figures, revealing that the recorded music industry there saw revenues fall just 0.34% to AU$382.7m (around $411m) in 2011. Digital now accounts for AU$140.5m ($151m) of that, having grown by 34.4% in value in 2011.
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Aussie rightsholders group not impressed by ISP anti-piracy plan
Earlier this month, we reported on anti-piracy proposals put forward by a collection of Australian ISPs. They mooted the idea of an 18-month trial of educational and warning letters, but with no actual sanctions built in. Are rightsholders happy?