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Digital services and platforms news
Cox again urges Supreme Court to review major label dispute, to stop “innocent users” losing internet access because “a guest downloaded a couple of songs” public
Cox Communications • 3 min read

Cox again urges Supreme Court to review major label dispute, to stop “innocent users” losing internet access because “a guest downloaded a couple of songs”

Cox Communications has made another filing with the US Supreme Court, which it wants to intervene in its billion dollar legal dispute with the major record companies. Much of the submission deals with legal technicalities, but it also makes some bombastic ‘save the internet’ type statements…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Streaming inequalities should be resolved via Creator Remuneration Working Group says UK government, renewing commitment to cross-industry dialogue public
Digital services and platforms news • 3 min read

Streaming inequalities should be resolved via Creator Remuneration Working Group says UK government, renewing commitment to cross-industry dialogue

The UK government has formally responded to the ‘Creator Remuneration’ report published by Parliament’s culture select committee. Its response includes a renewed commitment to the Creator Remuneration Working Group as “the best way” to address concerns raised by music creators about streaming income…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Tidal to make up to a quarter of its employees redundant public
Tidal • 1 min read

Tidal to make up to a quarter of its employees redundant

Having laid off about 10% of its workforce late last year, streaming service Tidal is about to instigate a more significant downsizing, with up to a quarter of its 400 employees facing redundancy. This was announced to staff by Jack Dorsey, CEO of parent company Block, yesterday…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Music industry warns of AI “malpractices” on an industrial scale, says EU AI Act must “be made meaningful” to safeguard creatives public
Artificial Intelligence • 2 min read

Music industry warns of AI “malpractices” on an industrial scale, says EU AI Act must “be made meaningful” to safeguard creatives

The EU AI Act was welcomed by the music industry earlier this year because of what it says about copyright and transparency. But how useful the act is will depend on how it is implemented. To that end, the music industry has called on EU lawmakers to ensure the new rules are “made meaningful”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Triller brings in former VEVO exec to kickstart “transformation journey” as vertical video’s poor cousin licks its lips at prospect of TikTok ban public
Triller • 5 min read

Triller brings in former VEVO exec to kickstart “transformation journey” as vertical video’s poor cousin licks its lips at prospect of TikTok ban

Triller is BACK! Just in time for Halloween. And this time it’s deadly serious about being the biggest app of all time and wiping the floor with every other feeble app out there. TikTok doesn’t have its own Bare Knuckle Fighting championship, does it? Oh and it’s got a new CEO too…
Sam Taylor & Chris Cooke •
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