Chris Cooke

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Spotify committed to work-from-anywhere policy, except on the night shift

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Spotify • 3 min read

Spotify committed to work-from-anywhere policy, except on the night shift

Spotify’s HR chief has revealed that the company’s work-from-anywhere policy, instigated during COVID, will stay in place, even though other tech companies are telling employees to return to their offices. She has also spoken about the impact of last year’s job cuts at Spotify…

Chris Cooke • 09 Oct 2024

TikTok sued by multiple US states over design features that damage the health of young users

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TikTok sued by multiple US states over design features that damage the health of young users

Multiple US states have been investigating the impact of TikTok on its users and, based on that investigation, more than a dozen states have now filed lawsuits claiming that addictive-by-design features manipulate young users in a way that damages their mental health…

Chris Cooke • 09 Oct 2024

Fred Durst sues Universal over systems that are “deliberately designed to conceal artists’ royalties and keep those profits for itself”

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Fred Durst sues Universal over systems that are “deliberately designed to conceal artists’ royalties and keep those profits for itself”

Fred Durst has sued Universal Music over its alleged failure to report and pay royalties he was due from Limp Bizkit’s records and a former label joint venture. He claims the major’s systems are deliberately set up in a way that means artists don’t necessarily know they are owed money…

Chris Cooke • 09 Oct 2024

Naxos sues Chinese classical music platform Kuke

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Naxos sues Chinese classical music platform Kuke

Chinese classical platform Kuke Music entered into an eight year deal with Naxos in 2018, giving it access to a large catalogue of classical recordings. However, Naxos says Kuke stopped making payments under that deal at the end of 2021 and, with nearly $2 million owing, it has now filed a lawsuit…

Chris Cooke • 08 Oct 2024

Ticketmaster pauses ticket transfers on Taylor Swift shows following disappearing tickets problem

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Ticketmaster pauses ticket transfers on Taylor Swift shows following disappearing tickets problem

There has been a flurry of reports in US media recently of concert-goers seeing digital tickets disappear from their Ticketmaster accounts as hackers use transfer tools to steal those tickets. Ticketmaster has now paused ticket transfers for Taylor Swift shows until three days before the concert…

Chris Cooke • 08 Oct 2024

2 Live Crew termination rights dispute gets to court, puts work for hire argument to the test

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2 Live Crew termination rights dispute gets to court, puts work for hire argument to the test

Members of 2 Live Crew want to exercise the termination right under US law to reclaim the copyrights in their early albums. But the label that currently owns those rights, Lil Joe Records, says they don’t have a termination right because they were artists for hire. The dispute is now in court…

Chris Cooke • 08 Oct 2024

StubHub and Ticketmaster bicker over Oasis tickets being touted prior to the official pre-sale

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StubHub and Ticketmaster bicker over Oasis tickets being touted prior to the official pre-sale

Last week’s controversy over the sale of tickets to the US Oasis reunion shows has sparked a war of words between StubHub and Ticketmaster. Tickets appeared on StubHub before they were on sale on Ticketmaster, which seemed like speculative listings from touts. But StubHub says that’s not the case…

Chris Cooke • 07 Oct 2024

Judge refuses to move Live Nation’s antitrust litigation to a Washington DC court

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Live Nation • 3 min read

Judge refuses to move Live Nation’s antitrust litigation to a Washington DC court

The US government filed its big antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation with the courts in New York. Live Nation wanted the legal battle to be fought in Washington DC and presented arguments as to why the litigation should be moved. A New York judge has now rejected those arguments…

Chris Cooke • 07 Oct 2024

Musi sues Apple over its App Store banishment

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Musi sues Apple over its App Store banishment

Last month the free music streaming app Musi - which pulls its content from YouTube - disappeared from Apple’s App Store. The music industry welcomed that development, but Musi has now sued Apple over its decision, criticising both Apple and YouTube…

Chris Cooke • 07 Oct 2024

Garth Brooks responds to allegations of sexual assault

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Garth Brooks responds to allegations of sexual assault

A new lawsuit accuses Garth Brooks of sexual assault though he denies the allegations and claims a former employee is trying to extort money from him. His accuser sets out various incidents of alleged sexual harassment and assault and accuses Brooks of filing his own lawsuit in a bid to silence her…

Chris Cooke • 04 Oct 2024

Oasis shows in the US put the spotlight on another ticket controversy: speculative selling

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Oasis • 4 min read

Oasis shows in the US put the spotlight on another ticket controversy: speculative selling

Thousands of tickets for Oasis shows in the US appeared on secondary ticketing sites days before any tickets were actually sold on the primary sites. Campaigners have said this demonstrates that US Congress needs to pass new laws to stop speculative selling by ticket touts…

Chris Cooke • 04 Oct 2024

Kesha reveals “ten year plan to upend the music industry”

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Kesha reveals “ten year plan to upend the music industry”

Kesha finally fulfilled all the obligations on her 2005 record deal with Dr Luke’s Kemosabe Records last year allowing her to release recent single ‘Joyride’ on her own label. Now in control of her recordings, she has a plan to address issues in the music industry, including unfair record contracts…

Chris Cooke • 04 Oct 2024