Streaming services don’t want French language quotas in Québec
DiMA 3 min read

Streaming services don’t want French language quotas in Québec

Québec is considering new laws to promote Francophone music on digital platforms in the Canadian province, which would likely include French language quotas. Streaming services have told politicians quotas won’t work and Francophone music is best promoted through “listener choice, not constraint”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Cam’ron accuses J Cole of reneging on verse swap deal
Cam’ron 2 min read

Cam’ron accuses J Cole of reneging on verse swap deal

Cam’ron has accused J Cole of reneging on a verse swap deal and as a result wants to be declared co-owner of the copyright in Cole’s track ‘Ready 24’. Cam’ron provided a verse for that record on the understanding Cole would return the favour on one of his tracks, but he has failed to do so…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
🎧 Approved: The Orielles
CMU Approved 1 min read

🎧 Approved: The Orielles

Manchester-based trio The Orielles hover between pop-rock instinct and art-school experimentation: organs hum, guitars shimmer, rhythms loop until they almost dissolve. New single ‘Three Halves’ is built from droning organs, cello and guitar; dense one moment, airy the next…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
After Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement, big tech takes aim at statutory damages in copyright disputes, seeks Trump’s support
Artificial Intelligence 4 min read

After Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement, big tech takes aim at statutory damages in copyright disputes, seeks Trump’s support

Last month Donald Trump asked for more submissions on AI regulation. One lobby group has used its submission to not only argue that AI training is ‘fair use’, but to also criticise statutory damages in US copyright law which it says are unfairly forcing AI companies into billion dollar settlements…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
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