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SoundCloud says it’s not training AI with users’ content, despite its terms and conditions saying it can

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SoundCloud • 2 min read

SoundCloud says it’s not training AI with users’ content, despite its terms and conditions saying it can

Last week there was a flurry of debate online about a term on the SoundCloud website that says users agree that their content may be used to “inform, train or develop” AI. In response, SoundCloud insists that it isn’t using tracks uploaded to its platform to train music-making generative AI models…

Chris Cooke • 12 May 2025

Ed Sheeran fans warned about “huge number of ticket scams” around his homecoming shows

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Ed Sheeran fans warned about “huge number of ticket scams” around his homecoming shows

Tickets went on sale for three Ed Sheeran homecoming shows this week. Shortly afterwards scammers were promoting tickets for sale on social media. Suffolk Trading Standards says it expects a high number of ticket scams in relation to the Sheeran gigs and urges fans to only buy from official channels…

Chris Cooke • 09 May 2025

Drake’s Super Bowl gripes in amended lawsuit show defamation action is really an attack on Kendrick Lamar’s success, says Universal

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Drake’s Super Bowl gripes in amended lawsuit show defamation action is really an attack on Kendrick Lamar’s success, says Universal

Universal Music this week responded to Drake’s amended lawsuit accusing it of defamation over its role in releasing Kendrick Lamar’s diss track ‘Not Like Us’. It says that claims added to the lawsuit, especially in relation to Lamar’s Super Bowl performance, are “astonishing” and “without merit”…

Chris Cooke • 09 May 2025

UK’s Data Bill passes without creative industries’ demands for copyright and AI safeguards

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Artificial Intelligence • 4 min read

UK’s Data Bill passes without creative industries’ demands for copyright and AI safeguards

Opposition MPs yesterday tried but failed to get measures on copyright and AI added to the Data Bill. The government argues that rather than sneaking measures into data legislation, bespoke new laws should be developed to address copyright issues in the context of AI. But when will that happen?…

Chris Cooke • 08 May 2025

US launches investigation into “unfair and anticompetitive practices” in ticketing

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US Department Of Justice • 3 min read

US launches investigation into “unfair and anticompetitive practices” in ticketing

The US government has launched a public inquiry into the ticketing business following an executive order from Donald Trump targeting “unfair practices in the live entertainment market”. Ticket scalping will definitely be scrutinised, but the wider ticketing industry could also be in the spotlight…

Chris Cooke • 08 May 2025

Jay-Z says defamation continues, Buzbee rewrote Wikipedia

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Jay-Z • 3 min read

Jay-Z says defamation continues, Buzbee rewrote Wikipedia

The legal battle between Jay-Z, the woman who accused him of rape and her lawyer Tony Buzbee continues. In a new legal filing, the rapper says his accuser continues to defame him despite dropping her lawsuit - and that Buzbee is rewriting Wikipedia to his advantage…

Chris Cooke • 07 May 2025

Musi faked email from Universal exec in attempt to stop App Store ban says Apple lawyer

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Musi • 3 min read

Musi faked email from Universal exec in attempt to stop App Store ban says Apple lawyer

Music app Musi is suing Apple, which kicked it out of the App Store last year. In a new filing, Apple says an amended lawsuit filed by Musi contains false claims. It also alleges that Musi once faked an email from Universal Music to convince Apple that a complaint from the major had been addressed…

Chris Cooke • 07 May 2025

Jimmy Page sued by ‘Dazed And Confused’ songwriter over Led Zeppelin documentary

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Jimmy Page sued by ‘Dazed And Confused’ songwriter over Led Zeppelin documentary

Following a 2010 lawsuit, it was agreed that Led Zeppelin’s track ‘Dazed And Confused’ was inspired by an earlier song of the same name by Jake Holmes. He now claims that a performance of the song by The Yardbirds in a recent Led Zeppelin documentary used his version, but it wasn’t licensed as such…

Chris Cooke • 06 May 2025

“I just don't understand how that can be fair use”, says judge in Meta AI trial

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“I just don't understand how that can be fair use”, says judge in Meta AI trial

Numerous lawsuits filed by copyright owners against AI companies centre on whether or not AI training is ‘fair use’ under US copyright law. A judge last week considered that question in the context of a lawsuit against Meta, at one point stating “I just don't understand how that can be fair use”…

Chris Cooke • 06 May 2025

UK government veers away from AI copyright exception in latest response to controversial Data Bill

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UK government veers away from AI copyright exception in latest response to controversial Data Bill

MPs will tomorrow try to put measures around copyright and AI, previously backed by the House Of Lords, into the Data Bill. Keen to stop that, ministers are hoping to placate MPs by saying they no longer favour the controversial proposal to introduce a new copyright exception to benefit AI companies…

Chris Cooke • 06 May 2025

Kneecap’s replacement for cancelled gig cancelled

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Kneecap • 2 min read

Kneecap’s replacement for cancelled gig cancelled

Calls continue for UK festivals to pull Kneecap from their line-ups following the recent controversies, with MPs even discussing their planned Glastonbury set in Parliament. After an Eden Sessions show was cancelled the band booked a replacement gig in Plymouth, but that’s now also been axed…

Chris Cooke • 02 May 2025

Spotify welcomes Epic ruling ending the Apple Tax in the US

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Apple Music • 3 min read

Spotify welcomes Epic ruling ending the Apple Tax in the US

A US judge has ordered Apple to let developers link to alternative payment options from within their iOS apps without restrictions or fees. The ruling comes in the legal battle between Apple and Epic Games, but also benefits Spotify, which has welcomed the news…

Chris Cooke • 02 May 2025