“The unconventional advertisement in which she is featured, belting out her great affection for Burger King’s poultry and all its toppings, has been pulled, the Associated Press reports. The issue, the chain told the AP, is that the spot used music for which they may not have properly obtained the rights. A spokesperson for the company said that they hoped to re-launch the ad soon.”

It really shouldn’t be that hard to license  music. At Background-Music-Library we make things simple: all our tracks are pre cleared for the license options in the drop down menu on each track page. Need anything else? Just ask.

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I love this article but i think there needs to be something siad for not letting people or organisations of people step on you .

Mahatma Gandhi is the ultimate representation of what it means to be devoted. He inspired the world with his message of practicing peace over power, and of living in harmony to find ways to reconcile our differences. In doing so, the odds were overwhelmingly stacked against him. As an independent artist in today’s highly saturated music space, the odds aren’t exactly in your favor either.

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Linked here in this hype bot article George Martin makes a sound byte on the Sony takeover of EMI. The articles related to this one list the online streamers who are racing to sign up the performing rights societies in the USA & Canada. It just makesme wonder where the energy for innovation has gone, maybe it’s parked whilst these large consumer focused music service providers aim to join Sony & Would be monopoly ASCAP.

Influential guitarist Bert Weedon, who inspired musicians such as Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Brian May, dies aged 91.

BBC News article here.

Long standing legal fight about royalties and responsibilities for identification & collections seems to have come to a conclusion, for now at the high court today between YouTube and Gema.

See:  BBC News .