The MPA announces plans to work with US Congress to enact a SOPA-like anti-piracy law; SOPA was fiercely opposed by the tech industry and failed to pass in 2012
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An interview with Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, co-founders of conversational AI startup Sierra, on using several AI models at once, building AI agents, and more
basically the AI version of that company—will be just as important as their website,” says Taylor. “It's going to completely change the way companies exist digitally.” - Wired http...
Generative AI is just the latest innovation to put pressure on the copyright system, but might be the one that brings down the whole legal copyright structure
Louis Menand / New Yorker : X: @artsjournalnews and @newyorker X: @artsjournalnews : Does AI Mean The End Of Intellectual Property?: My right of ownership of some piece of intelle...
Federated networks like Mastodon and a growing acceptance of paying for content may help move people away from big social platforms and improve online discourse
We're in a very strange moment for the internet. We all know it's broken. That's not news. Mastodon: @stefan@gardenstate.social , @jangles@mastodon.social , @Cassandra@artisan.ch...
After iTunes failed to save classical music, Apple Music Classical seems an oddly clumsy point of entry, offering some good features but falling short of rivals
As classical listeners shift to streaming, Apple's bespoke app falls short of its smaller-scale competitors. Twitter: @ajdoug , @artsjournalnews , @ionarts , and @scurve Twitter: D...
As Spotify turns 15, a look at the ways in which it changed how people listen to music, like breaking down boundaries between genres through “mood playlists”
Ask any executive what the music business was like in the '00s and their face may take on an expression more commonly associated … Tweets: @firstcom_music , @thatericalper , @mrjon...
Zoom is being banned over security concerns by some US school districts, including NYC, which is directing teachers to switch to Microsoft Teams
Zoom's popularity has taken off … Tweets: Brad Lander / @bradlander : This is a terrible decision @NYCSchools @DOEChancellor. Our teachers, students, and families have put in massi...
As labels increasingly rely on streaming data to scout talent, they could become less willing to sign artists whose music isn't engineered to maximize profit
The explosion of metrics and algorithms isn't just reflecting what's happening in the music industry. It's transforming it. Tweets: @amirmizroch , @wired , and @artsjournalnews Se...
As labels increasingly rely on streaming data to scout talent, they could become less willing to sign artists whose music isn't engineered to maximize profit
The explosion of metrics and algorithms isn't just reflecting what's happening in the music industry. It's transforming it. Tweets: @amirmizroch , @wired , and @artsjournalnews Se...