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Songtrust Royalty Collections Up 70% in a Year
Variety reports: "Global music royalty collection service Songtrust, whose mission is to remove the complexity of the publishing landscape by offering detailed artists and rights...
Facebook’s Libra Probably Won’t Help People Without Bank Accounts
The Verge reports: "Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra claims to solve a very dire problem: helping people without access to banks. I have my doubts about how...
IP Holders Can Now Manually Timestamp YouTube Videos In Copyright Claims
gamesindustry.biz reports: "Google has updated the process for copyright holders to manually claim against videos on YouTube. In a post on the YouTube Creators blog,...
Hollywood Docket: Music Industry Antitrust; Video Game Humvees; Paul Haggis DNA
Hollywood Reporter reports: "A roundup of recent developments in entertainment and media law including a long-dormant case about copyright law's anti-hacking provisions."
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U.S. Proposes Barring Facebook and Other Big Tech Firms From Offering...
VentureBeat reports: "A proposal to prevent big technology companies from functioning as financial institutions or issuing digital currencies has been circulated for discussion by...
Congressional Testimony Reveals Some Faults in Facebook’s Digital Currency Plans
TechCrunch reports: "As Facebook continues to lay the foundation for getting some of the world’s largest payment processing and technology companies a seat at...
Libra Scams Are Already Proliferating On Facebook
The Verge reports: "An investigation by The Washington Post has uncovered a dozen accounts, pages, and groups across Facebook and Instagram which misleadingly claim to be...
TikTok Turns to Copyright Tribunal In Licensing Dispute With Collecting Societies
Billboard reports: "Video-sharing app TikTok has applied to the British courts in an attempt to resolve one of several licensing battles it is currently...
Blockchain (The Company) Launches an Exchange (The Pit)
TechCrunch reports: "The company called Blockchain is mostly known for its cryptocurrency wallet. Today, the company is also launching an exchange so you can...
Cinq Music Gets $40 Million in Funding From GoDigital Media Group
Billboard reports: "Cinq Music, the music company that made waves last year by partnering with Janet Jackson for the release of her single “Made...
