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Business News • 3 min read

EU's Digital Markets Act will allow app-makers to circumvent Apple and Google's payment systems

EU negotiators have provisionally agreed the Digital Markets Act, which should let app-makers use alternative in-app payment systems on iOS and Android.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Mar 2022

Artist News • 2 min read

BTS seek court order stopping bootleg merch sales alongside upcoming Vegas shows

HYBE has asked a Nevada court to stop bootleg BTS merchandise being sold around the group's upcoming Las Vegas shows at Allegiant Stadium.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Mar 2022

Business News • 1 min read

Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump requests co-liaison role in Astroworld litigation to address diversity concerns

Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump has asked to be appointed co-liaison counsel in the consolidated Astroworld litigation, arguing he can speak for African American victims.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Mar 2022

Business News • 3 min read

Florida court says hosting company can't be liable for copyright infringement via VPN it hosts

A Florida court has upheld a ruling that hosting company Quadranet is not liable for copyright infringement by users of the LiquidVPN service it hosts.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Mar 2022

Business News • 1 min read

Spotify to shut down service in Russia due to censorship laws

Spotify is shutting down its service in Russia, citing new censorship laws that put employees and listeners at risk, reversing its earlier plan to keep it available.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Mar 2022

Business News • 1 min read

Former Key 103 DJs sign up to present on new Manchester radio station

Happy Radio launches for South Manchester and Cheshire next week, with several former Key 103 DJs among its line-up, initially online before DAB later in the year.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Mar 2022

And Finally • 2 min read

Connecticut community festival Floatchella rebrands after AEG cease-and-desist

The Connecticut community event Floatchella is renaming after receiving a cease-and-desist from AEG, the owner of the Coachella festival.…

Chris Cooke • 28 Mar 2022

Business News • 2 min read

Stream-ripper appeals $83 million judgement in labels dispute to expose "legal process that has gone off the rails"

Tofig Kurbanov, operator of stream-ripping sites FLVTO and 2Conv, is appealing an $83 million US judgement against him in a dispute with the record labels.…

Chris Cooke • 25 Mar 2022

Business News • 5 min read

Apple sets out appeal arguments in ongoing Epic battle over its App Store rules

Apple has filed its appeal to the US Ninth Circuit, defending the lower court's ruling in its favour in the Epic Games case while challenging the ruling on alternative payment sign-posting.…

Chris Cooke • 25 Mar 2022

Business News • 2 min read

Warner Music announces partnership with Patrick Moxey's new dance label

Warner Music is partnering with Patrick Moxey on his new dance label Helix Records and his hip hop label Payday Records, with ADA handling distribution.…

Chris Cooke • 25 Mar 2022

Business News • 5 min read

Spotify paid $7 billion to the music industry last year - and other fun stat brags

Spotify has updated its Loud & Clear website with new stats, including $7 billion paid to the music industry in 2021, to counter criticism of the streaming business.…

Chris Cooke • 25 Mar 2022

Business News • 2 min read

UK government confirms Michael Grade as preferred candidate to chair media regulator OfCom

The UK government has named Michael Grade as its preferred candidate to chair OfCom, subject to scrutiny by the DCMS Select Committee.…

Chris Cooke • 25 Mar 2022