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Chris Cooke

Chris Cooke

1985 posts •
100 festivals will close without VAT cut warns AIF public
Gigs & Festivals • 1 min read

100 festivals will close without VAT cut warns AIF

The Association Of Independent Festivals has again called for the UK government to cut VAT on tickets from 20% to 5%. The trade group says that 40 festivals have now postponed, cancelled or closed down in 2024, and a total of 100 events could disappear this year without the VAT cut…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Beyoncé sued over Break My Soul sample public
Beyoncé • 2 min read

Beyoncé sued over Break My Soul sample

A New Orleans group have sued Beyoncé, arguing that a sample on her 2022 hit ‘Break My Soul’ comes from a 2014 track that infringed the copyright in a song they wrote in 2002. As a result, they’d like a co-write credit on and a share of the royalties from ‘Break My Soul’…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Apple hits back at competition regulators in EU and US public
Apple • 2 min read

Apple hits back at competition regulators in EU and US

Apple continues to fight the regulators that have accused it of anticompetitive conduct over its App Store rules. In the EU it has formally appealed a €1.8 billion fine and in the US it has started the process of seeking to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Department Of Justice…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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