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CMU Podcast: KickassTorrents, US Copyright Office, BRITs

By and | Published on Friday 11 November 2016

Kickass Torrents

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the latest developments in the legal case against the alleged owner of KickassTorrents, responses to a change in management at the US Copyright Office, and efforts to make the BRITs more diverse. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.

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Stories discussed this week:

KickassTorrents man “like a drug broker” of piracy, says US government
• Don Henley says US Copyright Office chief fired because she stood up for creatives
• BRITs announces new, more diverse Voting Academy

In brief:

Mandy Jiroux countersues Blind Melon in Insane copyright case
Electric Jukebox is actually going to launch
Amy Lamé appointed as London’s first Night Czar



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