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Sam Taylor

137 posts •
Spotify wants to be “the best in the world at building AI products” and is focused on “accelerated execution”... but still no super-premium launch public
Spotify • 8 min read

Spotify wants to be “the best in the world at building AI products” and is focused on “accelerated execution”... but still no super-premium launch

Spotify has now been profitable for four quarters straight - a strong indication that its cost cutting and monetisation efforts are paying off. Now, says the company, it’s going to focus on high quality users and “accelerated execution” with AI playing a key part in its onward strategy…
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UK government is “giving away the property rights” of creators, warn Lords as they force AI copyright safeguards into Data Bill public
Artificial Intelligence • 5 min read

UK government is “giving away the property rights” of creators, warn Lords as they force AI copyright safeguards into Data Bill

Peers in the House of Lords have rallied together in a cross-party effort to force a number of amendments into the government’s Data (Use And Access) Bill. Those amendments - which still need to pass through the Commons - aim to provide safeguards for copyright owners in the context of AI…
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“Patchwork” of withholding tax rules across Europe is “unfair and discriminatory” and makes European touring “financially precarious”, says EMMA boss public
EMMA • 4 min read

“Patchwork” of withholding tax rules across Europe is “unfair and discriminatory” and makes European touring “financially precarious”, says EMMA boss

International tax is always complex, but when it comes to withholding taxes for artists touring in the EU, there is a patchwork of rules that’s almost impossible for artists to navigate, something which harms the European live ecosystem, says a letter signed by a group of pan-European music bodies…
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DURP! The MLC has an update on its distributor portal public
The MLC • 3 min read

DURP! The MLC has an update on its distributor portal

The MLC’s portal that helps distributors identify unclaimed royalties for clients has hit a milestone with more than 100 partners now signed up. The catchily named DURP is a subset of the MLC’s existing public database of musical works, which holds information about songs and recordings…
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