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Digital services and platforms news
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…
Sam Taylor •
Trump nominates outspoken TikTok critic for top FCC position public
TikTok • 3 min read

Trump nominates outspoken TikTok critic for top FCC position

Despite previously trying to ban TikTok when he was President, Donald Trump vowed to save the app during the recent election campaign by overturning the sell-or-be-banned law passed by US Congress earlier this year. But now Trump has nominated a very outspoken TikTok critic to chair the FCC…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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 •
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