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Digital services and platforms news
Getting AI companies to agree to licensing deals with copyright owners is “not doable” and “China’s not doing it”, rambles Trump public
Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

Getting AI companies to agree to licensing deals with copyright owners is “not doable” and “China’s not doing it”, rambles Trump

Donald Trump yesterday launched his much anticipated ‘AI Action Plan’. It doesn’t say anything about the copyright obligations of AI companies. But during a rambling speech launching the plan, the President said that having AI companies get licences from copyright owners is just “not doable”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
UK regulator sets roadmap for reviewing app store payment rules public
Apple • 3 min read

UK regulator sets roadmap for reviewing app store payment rules

Last year the UK’s competition regulator closed an investigation into the Apple App Store rules that Spotify hates, but only so it could figure out how to use new powers it had been granted by Parliament. Now it’s done that, it’s proposed a roadmap for reviewing the hated rules, starting this autumn…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Songwriters to get per diems as part of creator remuneration package, though creator orgs say “much more still needs to be done” public
Creator Remuneration Working Group • 5 min read

Songwriters to get per diems as part of creator remuneration package, though creator orgs say “much more still needs to be done”

UK minister Chris Bryant has announced a set of principles on creator remuneration agreed with record labels, plus two new initiatives including per diems for songwriters. However, music creator groups say “much more still needs to be done” to address issues around how streaming money is shared…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
TikTok has built a US-specific app ahead of Trump’s forced sale public
TikTok • 3 min read

TikTok has built a US-specific app ahead of Trump’s forced sale

Donald Trump has said that his administration will this week seek approval from the Chinese government for a sale of TikTok’s US operations by China’s ByteDance to a group of American investors. With a sale now looking likely, it’s reported that TikTok is prepping a new specific app for US users…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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