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Chris Cooke

Chris Cooke

1985 posts •
Independent festivals encouraged to embrace MU’s Access Rider public
• 2 min read

Independent festivals encouraged to embrace MU’s Access Rider

Festival organisers are being encouraged to embrace the Access Rider developed by the UK’s Musicians’ Union, via which promoters proactively ask about the access requirements of performers. AIF is hosting a webinar explaining how festivals can implement the rider as part of their booking processes…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Apple lawyers face double whammy of criticism in antitrust fight public
Apple • 3 min read

Apple lawyers face double whammy of criticism in antitrust fight

Apple continues to fight allegations of anticompetitive conduct in the US. In an ongoing legal battle with Epic Games, a judge criticised Apple for not understanding what the word ‘any’ means. Meanwhile the US Department Of Justice said Apple’s attorneys had “misstated the law”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Spotify sued over decision to stop supporting Car Thing public
Spotify • 3 min read

Spotify sued over decision to stop supporting Car Thing

Spotify has been sued by subscribers who are still using its Car Thing device to control use of the service in their vehicles. Sales of Car Thing stopped in 2022 and the device will no longer be supported from December, meaning remaining devices won’t work. That, says a lawsuit, is not acceptable…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
US court agrees to fast-track legal challenge over TikTok ban public
TikTok • 1 min read

US court agrees to fast-track legal challenge over TikTok ban

The legal challenge over the proposed TikTok ban in the US will be fast-tracked, so that oral arguments will begin in September. Under a law passed by US Congress, TikTok owner ByteDance has until 19 Jan 2025 to sell the app or face a ban, meaning its legal efforts to block the ban are pretty urgent…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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