UMG, Sony Music, and other labels sue the Internet Archive for copyright infringement, saying its Great 78 Project works as an “illegal record store” for songs
Who benefits? — https://www.reuters.com/... John Sullivan / @johns@social.librem.one : Did these record labels really just argue that because something is available on a *streaming* service, there i...
Some public libraries in the US and Canada are using open-source software MUSICat to offer their own music streaming services and boost their local music scenes
It's not Spotify, but some cities now host music platforms with their own local flavor. — Claire Woodcock Tweets: @tedgioia , @dbschlosser , @noiseymusic , @janusrose , and @clurrese See also Mediag...
US prosecutors charge two men with running a music royalty scam, collecting $20M+ from YouTube, by falsely claiming rights to 50,000 Spanish language songs
Prosecutors say the men claimed rights to 50,000 Spanish-language songs they didn't own, using the royalty money to buy mansions, fancy cars and jewelry. Tweets: @tedgioia Tweets: Ted Gioia / @tedgioi...
In a letter to artists, Apple says it pays a penny per stream, roughly double Spotify, which pays an average of about one-third to half a penny per stream
Double What Spotify Pays Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard : Apple Music Says Per-Stream Royalty Rate Is Double What Spotify Pays Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Apple vs. Spotify: Who can foll...
Amazon says it will not ask employees to remove TikTok from their mobile devices, and an internal email asking them to delete the app was sent in error
then walked back the policy and said it was an ‘error’ Rachel Lerman / Washington Post : TikTok users fear app shutdown as security concerns grow David Matthews / TechSpot : Amazon bans TikTok citing ...
With print books often cheaper than ebooks, whose sales stabilized at ~20% of total book sales, a look at the aftermath of Apple's ebook price fixing lawsuit
Publishing spent the 2010s fighting tooth and nail against ebooks. There were unintended consequences. Tweets: @tedgioia , @mobylives , @tekaldas , @tkingdot , @paulkrugman , @jamesrbuk , @gorskon , ...
The Archive Team, which wants to save Yahoo Groups content by uploading it to Internet Archive, says Verizon has blocked the email addresses of its volunteers
and Blocking Users Trying to Archive Its Content Kate Cox / Ars Technica : Verizon reportedly blocks archivists from Yahoo Groups days before deletion [update] Featheredleader / YAHOO GROUPS CRUSADE H...
Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic
Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles … Tweets: @tedgioia , @the_spin...
The EU has emerged as a powerful regulator of Silicon Valley, stepping in where Washington has failed or been unwilling to limit influential US tech companies
Tony Romm / Washington Post : Tweets: @tedgioia Tweets: Ted Gioia / @tedgioia : Strange but true: Europe demands privacy protection from Silicon Valley, while US legislators do nothing. http://www.wa...