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Too Little, Too Late? Sony Music Fires Off Blanket Warning Against the AI Mining of Its Catalog
Too little, too late? Sony Music has fired off a blanket warning against the unauthorized training of AI systems on its song catalog and other IP. The overarching Sony Music Group today made that clear-cut announcement on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment (SME) as well as its various subsidiaries and Sony Music Publishing (SMP). Spanning
Pandora Hits Back at MLC Lawsuit Over Streaming Royalties: ‘Legally Incoherent’
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In a strongly-worded response, Pandora says the royalties group "thinks it knows better than the entire music publishing industry."
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Huey Lewis Calls Musical Inspired by His Band’s Songs a ‘Creative Outlet’ After Losing His Hearing
Music
You may not think of Buddhist philosophy and Huey Lewis as the same time very often, but it works for him when considering...
‘Rivers crisis may spread across Nigeria’ – Bode George
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has claimed that the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State could spread across Nigeria if not resolved quickly. George stated this while appearing on Arise Television on Thursday. He called on the leadership of the PDP to intervene and resolve the crisis. ...
Rivers Crisis: I’m Still In APC, I Owe No One An Apology – Adoki Declares
One of the Rivers State House of Assembly members who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tonye Adoki has debunked reports that he has returned to the PDP. Adoki in a personally signed statement on Wednesday said jobless and misguided persons are being used to spread fake
RAAC crisis: £35m cost of modular classrooms revealed
The government has named three companies given contracts worth a total of £35m to provide temporary classrooms at schools affected by the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Algeco UK, Portakabin and Wernick Buildings have been awarded contracts worth £11.55m each by the Department for Education (DfE). The £35m cost is likely to rise as
This climate crisis map shows how vulnerable your neighborhood is
Science & Nature Aftermath of flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2016. Deposit PhotosAll 10 of the country’s most at-risk counties are in the...
UK cost-of-living crisis could see more early deaths, study finds
THE UK’s inflation-fuelled cost-of-living crisis is set to “cut lives short” and “significantly widen the wealth-health gap”, according to a study published by open access journal BMJ Public Health yesterday. Modelling conducted for the study predicted that the proportion of people “dying before their time” (under the age of 75) will rise by nearly 6.5%
Ransomware is now a crisis, financial conference told
On Monday I moderated a panel on ransomware at the annual SIBOS conference of the Swift IT messaging financial network, which this year is being held in Toronto. Some 8,000 business and technology executives from financial institutions around the world are here. Panel members included Adam Evans...
RAAC crisis: hospitals prepare to evacuate as CLC steps in
Hospitals with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) have been told to prepare to evacuate, while the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has said it is providing urgent advice to government.More than a hundred schools have already been told to stop using buildings with the lightweight concrete due to concerns it could collapse at any time –
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Too Little, Too Late? Sony Music Fires Off Blanket Warning Against the AI Mining of Its Catalog
Too little, too late? Sony Music has fired off a blanket warning against the unauthorized training of AI systems on its song catalog and other IP. The overarching Sony Music Group today made that clear-cut announcement on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment (SME) as well as its various subsidiaries and Sony Music Publishing (SMP). Spanning
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Pandora Hits Back at MLC Lawsuit Over Streaming Royalties: ‘Legally Incoherent’
Music
In a strongly-worded response, Pandora says the royalties...
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Huey Lewis Calls Musical Inspired by His Band’s Songs a ‘Creative Outlet’ After Losing His Hearing
Music
You may not think of Buddhist philosophy and...