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Music industry legal news coverage
Quad9 vows to fight “absurd” web-block injunction in France public
Quad9 • 2 min read

Quad9 vows to fight “absurd” web-block injunction in France

DNS resolver Quad9 has been hit with a web-blocking injunction in France, forcing it to block access to sports piracy sites following legal action by Canal+. However, Quad9 previously successfully appealed web-blocks requested by Sony Music in Germany and says it intends to do the same in France…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
“Illegal search” of Diddy’s jail cell proves “shocking and outrageous” conduct by government, could jeopardise entire case, says defence public
Diddy • 3 min read

“Illegal search” of Diddy’s jail cell proves “shocking and outrageous” conduct by government, could jeopardise entire case, says defence

During Diddy’s most recent bid for bail, it emerged that prosecutors had access to handwritten notes he had made while in prison. His lawyers argue those notes are protected by attorney-client privilege and the fact they reached prosecutors is “outrageous” - they now want the court to intervene…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
HYBE execs are trash talking NewJeans and it would be “inhumane” to enforce contractual terms says band as K-pop’s biggest dispute rumbles on public
NewJeans • 2 min read

HYBE execs are trash talking NewJeans and it would be “inhumane” to enforce contractual terms says band as K-pop’s biggest dispute rumbles on

Earlier this week HYBE label Ador announced it was going legal to enforce its contract with NewJeans, who announced they were terminating their deal with the company last week. The group has responded to the lawsuit, stating that forcing them to continue working with the label would be “inhumane”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
EU AI Act can only provide a “temporary fix” to the “darker aspect” of AI’s “profound disruption” to creative industries says open letter public
Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

EU AI Act can only provide a “temporary fix” to the “darker aspect” of AI’s “profound disruption” to creative industries says open letter

Organisations representing creators across Europe have written to EU Commissioners Henna Virkkunen and Glenn Micallef calling for an ambitious AI strategy that deals with the impact generative AI is having on the creative industries, insisting that the existing EU AI Act is only a “temporary fix”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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