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Chris Cooke

Chris Cooke

1330 posts •
Spotify planning tools to allow users to remix tracks public
Spotify • 2 min read

Spotify planning tools to allow users to remix tracks

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Spotify plans to provide remixing tools within its app that will allow users to speed up, mash up and otherwise tweak tracks in a legitimate and licensed way. There’s a logic to that plan, but it also raises some copyright questions…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Transparency obligation for AI companies proposed in US Congress public
AI • 2 min read

Transparency obligation for AI companies proposed in US Congress

Organisations from across the music industry have welcomed proposals introduced into US Congress that would force AI companies to declare what content they have used as part of the training of any one generative AI model. The proposals have been made by Democrat Adam Schiff…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Universal sued over sample on 1992 Mary J Blige track public
Mary J Blige • 1 min read

Universal sued over sample on 1992 Mary J Blige track

A New York based label last week sued Universal Music Publishing over an unapproved sample on 1992 Mary J Blige song ‘Real Love’. A Universal label, which released Blige’s track, has seemingly settled a claim by Tuff City Records on the recordings side, but the Universal publisher is yet to engage…
Chris Cooke
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