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Apple says EU rules will delay launch of Apple Intelligence in Europe

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Apple • 2 min read

Apple says EU rules will delay launch of Apple Intelligence in Europe

The roll out of Apple’s new generative AI tool Apple Intelligence could be delayed in Europe because of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act. Apple says that three new features it unveiled earlier this month will be delayed in the EU because of interoperability requirements in the DMA…

Chris Cooke • 24 Jun 2024

Artists still in the dark about new EU rights, says study

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International Artist Organisation • 4 min read

Artists still in the dark about new EU rights, says study

The 2019 EU Copyright Directive provided artists and musicians with five new rights in relation to the use of their music in the digital market. Has that had an impact? A new study from the IAO says that more education and clarity is needed to truly make a difference…

Chris Cooke • 14 Jun 2024

Investors welcome Spotify price increases, big up the service’s “pricing power”

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Spotify • 3 min read

Investors welcome Spotify price increases, big up the service’s “pricing power”

Spotify is increasing its prices for the second time in less than a year. Investors have welcomed the move, reckoning that it won’t negatively impact on total user numbers and will help Spotify in its ongoing bid to become a profitable business…

Chris Cooke • 10 Jun 2024

TikTok offered US government “kill-switch” in a bid to avoid sell-or-be-banned law, new report reveals

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TikTok • 3 min read

TikTok offered US government “kill-switch” in a bid to avoid sell-or-be-banned law, new report reveals

As TikTok continues in its legal bid to stop a sell-or-be-banned law in the US, a Washington Post report has revealed concessions the social media company previously offered the American government to overcome data security concerns. That included “a kill switch that would shut the app down”…

Chris Cooke • 31 May 2024

Spotify sued over decision to stop supporting Car Thing

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Spotify • 3 min read

Spotify sued over decision to stop supporting Car Thing

Spotify has been sued by subscribers who are still using its Car Thing device to control use of the service in their vehicles. Sales of Car Thing stopped in 2022 and the device will no longer be supported from December, meaning remaining devices won’t work. That, says a lawsuit, is not acceptable…

Chris Cooke • 30 May 2024

Hackers claim to have accessed personal data about 560 million Ticketmaster customers

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Live Nation • 1 min read

Hackers claim to have accessed personal data about 560 million Ticketmaster customers

A group of hackers claim to have stolen 1.3TB of data after hacking the Ticketmaster platform, including the personal data of more than half a billion ticket-buyers. The Australian government has confirmed it is already investigating the hack, working with Ticketmaster to “understand the incident”…

Chris Cooke • 29 May 2024

US court agrees to fast-track legal challenge over TikTok ban

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TikTok • 1 min read

US court agrees to fast-track legal challenge over TikTok ban

The legal challenge over the proposed TikTok ban in the US will be fast-tracked, so that oral arguments will begin in September. Under a law passed by US Congress, TikTok owner ByteDance has until 19 Jan 2025 to sell the app or face a ban, meaning its legal efforts to block the ban are pretty urgent…

Chris Cooke • 29 May 2024

Culture select committee urges the next Parliament to continue its work on streaming and grassroots venues

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CMS Select Committee • 3 min read

Culture select committee urges the next Parliament to continue its work on streaming and grassroots venues

With a UK General Election now set for July, Parliament will be officially dissolved on Thursday. Ahead of that, the culture select committee Chair has written an open letter calling on future MPs and the next government to build on its recent work around music streaming and grassroots touring…

Chris Cooke • 28 May 2024

Spotify’s conduct proves US compulsory licence isn’t working, says NMPA boss

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National Music Publishers Association • 6 min read

Spotify’s conduct proves US compulsory licence isn’t working, says NMPA boss

Earlier this week the US National Music Publishers Association said that publishers should be allowed to opt out of the compulsory licence relied upon by streaming services. Yesterday its CEO said that change is required because Spotify’s conduct has proven the current system isn’t working…

Chris Cooke • 23 May 2024

Apple hits back at competition regulators in EU and US

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Apple • 2 min read

Apple hits back at competition regulators in EU and US

Apple continues to fight the regulators that have accused it of anticompetitive conduct over its App Store rules. In the EU it has formally appealed a €1.8 billion fine and in the US it has started the process of seeking to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Department Of Justice…

Chris Cooke • 23 May 2024

Sony Music Publishing is "considering all options" in the Spotify audiobook bundling dispute

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Spotify • 2 min read

Sony Music Publishing is "considering all options" in the Spotify audiobook bundling dispute

Sony Music Publishing CEO Jon Platt has updated the company’s songwriters on the dispute between the US music publishing sector and Spotify over the streaming service’s decision to reclassify its main subscription product as a bundle in order to reduce its payments to writers and publishers…

Chris Cooke • 20 May 2024

TikTok wants its legal case against US “sell-or-be-banned” law fast-tracked

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TikTok • 2 min read

TikTok wants its legal case against US “sell-or-be-banned” law fast-tracked

Both TikTok and a group of creators have filed lawsuits seeking to block the TikTok-targeting law recently passed by US Congress. With that law setting a deadline for TikTok to be sold or banned of 19 Jan 2025, TikTok and the creators want their lawsuits fast-tracked by the court…

Chris Cooke • 20 May 2024