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Chris Cooke

Chris Cooke

1746 posts •
Kneecap respond to “dead Tory” and flag incidents ahead of Glastonbury performance, as TRNSMT boss says he’s “frustrated” the band had to be axed from his event public
Kneecap • 4 min read

Kneecap respond to “dead Tory” and flag incidents ahead of Glastonbury performance, as TRNSMT boss says he’s “frustrated” the band had to be axed from his event

Kneecap have spoken to The Guardian about all their recent controversies ahead of tomorrow’s performance at Glastonbury, insisting critics have deliberately taken videos of past gigs out of context. Meanwhile the boss of TRNSMT has discussed why the band was axed from his festival’s line-up…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
First major ruling on AI and fair use goes against the copyright industries, though with a silver lining relating to pirated training content public
Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

First major ruling on AI and fair use goes against the copyright industries, though with a silver lining relating to pirated training content

A judge has ruled in a legal battle between a group of authors and Anthropic concluding that AI training is fair use under US copyright law. It’s a big win for Anthropic and AI firms generally, although the judge criticised Anthropic’s use of pirated content, which is likely copyright infringement…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Live Nation has “enormous grip” on festival market but indies entertain more festival-goers, says new report public
Association Of Independent Festivals • 2 min read

Live Nation has “enormous grip” on festival market but indies entertain more festival-goers, says new report

The Association Of Independent Festivals has published a report mapping the UK festival market. It highlights Live Nation’s dominant position, owning three of the four major festivals. However, independently owned events account for the majority of the combined capacity of the UK festival sector…
Chris Cooke
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