In today's CMU Daily: Back in July The 1975 were sued by the promoter of the Malaysian festival that was shutdown last year after Matty Healy criticised the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws during their performance. The band have responded saying that rules they are accused of breaking were actually just guidelines

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The 1975 respond to Malaysian festival promoter’s lawsuit

The 1975 have responded to the lawsuit filed against them by the promoter of the Malaysian festival where their performance caused controversy last year. It was not foreseeable, the band argue, that that controversy would result in the rest of the Good Vibes festival being shut down by the authorities.

Future Sound Asia sued the band in July. The promoter argues that The 1975 broke strict rules governing their performance, which is why the authorities cut short their set and subsequently withdrew the entire event’s licence, resulting in the rest of the festival being cancelled. Therefore, it says, the band should be held liable for the costs associated with the cancellation.

In their response, according to Law360, the band say that the rules referred to by Future Sound Asia are, on the “face of it”, simply guidelines used when promoters in Malaysia apply for approval for foreign artists to play in the country.

However, those guidelines “do not impose any obligation on foreign artistes that is capable of being enforced against such foreign artistes”. On that basis, The 1975 reject the claim that “the revocation of the licence for Good Vibes 2023 was a foreseeable consequence of any conduct of the band members”.

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Warner Music removed from lawsuit accusing Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun of sexual assault

A US judge has removed Warner Music and the current incarnation of its Atlantic Records label from a lawsuit filed by artist manager Jan Reog, who alleges that late Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun sexually abused and assaulted her multiple times while working with his label from the early-1980s to the mid-2000s.

Warner Music Group Corp and Atlantic Records Group LLC were both targeted in Reog’s litigation, alongside the original Atlantic Records company, called Atlantic Recording Corp, and the Ertegun estate. Warner and the current Atlantic label argued that they can’t be liable for Ertegun’s conduct in the 1980s and 1990s, because they didn't exist at that time.

“Defendants argue that because their companies did not exist during the period in which Ertegun allegedly injured plaintiff, they had no duty to protect plaintiff from Ertegun’s assaults”, Judge Gerald Lebovits writes in this judgement, adding, “This court largely agrees”.

AI regulation gains momentum, with new proposals in Australia, and a global treaty

The UK yesterday joined the US and the European Union in signing the first legally binding treaty on artificial intelligence, which sets out some basic safeguards regarding the development and use of AI which all signatory countries will ensure are achieved through their national laws. On the same day, the Australian government published proposals for “introducing mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk settings”.

Lawmakers all over the world are currently considering how to regulate AI, with the music industry particularly keen for legal protections in the context of generative AI. However, with AI being constantly used across borders, some kind of joined up thinking between countries is required. The new treaty signed by the UK, US and EU was coordinated by the Council Of Europe, though all countries are invited to participate.

Confirming it was a signatory, the UK government said that the treaty “commits parties to collective action to manage AI products and protect the public from potential misuse”. UK Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood added that the agreement is “a major step to ensuring that these new technologies can be harnessed without eroding our oldest values, like human rights and the rule of law”.

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