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CMU Podcast: YouTube, Avenged Sevenfold, The Smiths

By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 4 November 2016

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including GEMA’s licensing deal YouTube in Germany after a seven year stand off, Avenged Sevenfold’s potential legal problems if their new album is a success, and the narrowly averted Smiths reunion now being blocked by Nigel Farage. The CMU Podcast is sponsored by 7digital.

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Stories discussed this week:

• GEMA licenses YouTube after seven year stand off
• Sales of new Avenged Sevenfold LP could impact on Warner legal battle
• Nigel Farage keeping The Smiths apart

In brief:

• Government pledges meeting to discuss tackling ticket tout bots
• Almost 25% of CDs on Amazon could be counterfeit
• Rob Hallett on how Brexit is affecting the live industry: “It’s very scary times”
• Yeah, Bono really has been named Woman Of The Year
• Shut up, Bob Dylan does want his Nobel Prize

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