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Chris Cooke

Chris Cooke

2017 posts •
Fallout from Cox mega-damages reversal continues as publishers streamline Anthropic claims and labels ditch copycat Verizon case public
Cox Communications • 3 min read

Fallout from Cox mega-damages reversal continues as publishers streamline Anthropic claims and labels ditch copycat Verizon case

Last month’s big ruling in the majors v Cox case continues to have an impact. The majors had also sued another ISP, Verizon, but have ditched that case after the US Supreme Court sided with Cox. Music publishers suing Anthropic have also dropped some of their claims, likely because of the Cox ruling…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Drake says judge in defamation case didn’t properly consider whether “reasonable people” might believe slur in Kendrick’s diss track public
Universal Music • 3 min read

Drake says judge in defamation case didn’t properly consider whether “reasonable people” might believe slur in Kendrick’s diss track

Drake still wants Universal Music held liable for defamation over its release of Kendrick Lamar’s “certified pedophile” lyric in diss track ‘Not Like Us’. With defamation cases, context is everything, but Drake now argues the judge who dismissed his defamation lawsuit considered the wrong context…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
MPs call for the creation of a music fan association - and for the government to present new ticket touting laws in Parliament “without delay” public
CMS Select Committee • 3 min read

MPs call for the creation of a music fan association - and for the government to present new ticket touting laws in Parliament “without delay”

Parliament’s culture select committee has published a report based on the input of thousands of music fans. It calls for the creation of a new Music Fan Association, as well as urging the government to act on the agent of change principle and to hurry up with its promised new ticket touting laws…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
BTS lawyers go after album leaker and knock-off merch sellers public
BTS • 2 min read

BTS lawyers go after album leaker and knock-off merch sellers

Before BTS’s new album was released last month, it was leaked on X. That ruined the K-pop group’s expert planning for their big comeback and, as a result, their lawyers want to sue the leaker in South Korea. But first they need a US judge to force X to reveal the leaker’s identity…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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