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Australia hosts hundreds of live performance events each year, drawing about 14 million concertgoers – and their environmental footprints.
Great crested newts cause expensive delays to construction – trained sniffer dogs may offer a solution.
This case was about more than Sheeran’s artistic integrity; it was about protecting the common musical ‘currency’ that underpins all songwriting.
A US court has ruled Ed Sheeran isn’t guilty of plagiarism. The ruling supports the rights of musical artists to build from the artists who came before them.
Africa is considered too high risk as a destination for big US pop tours - but Beyoncé could and should break the mould.
With his new album Love, Damini he has conquered the world. But how much of his creative soul does he have left?
It’s not the role of copyright law to limit creativity.
For a musician anywhere, surviving and prospering within the genre called jazz has never been easy, and it still isn’t.
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