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REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Anthropic FollowAlphabet Inc FollowAmazon.com Inc Follow Show more companiesOct 18 (Reuters) - Music publishers Universal Music (UMG.AS), ABKCO and Concord Publishing sued artificial intelligence company Anthropic in Tennessee federal court on Wednesday, accusing it of misusing an "innumerable" amount of copyrighted song lyrics to train its chatbot Claude. The music publishers' lawsuit appears to be the first case over song lyrics and the first against Anthropic, which has drawn financial backing from Google (GOOGL.O), Amazon (AMZN.O) and former cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried. The lawsuit accused Anthropic of infringing the publishers' copyrights by copying their lyrics without permission as part of the "massive amounts of text" that it scrapes from the internet to train Claude to respond to human prompts. For example, the lawsuit said that Claude will provide relevant lyrics from Don McLean's "American Pie" when asked to write a song about the death of rock pioneer Buddy Holly. The publishers asked the court for money damages and an order to stop the alleged infringement.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Claude, Anthropic, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, Matt Oppenheim, Sam Bankman, Don McLean's, Buddy Holly, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Universal Music, Concord Publishing, Beach, Microsoft, Anthropic, Google, Thomson Locations: ABKCO, Tennessee, rightsholders, Washington

☆ Legendary hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman has beaten 99% of his peers over the last 5 years. Here are 2 stocks he says he's massively betting on with 40% of his $16.9 billion portfolio.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bill Ackman says he doesn't short stocks anymore. The hedge fund manager famously feuded with investing legend Carl Icahn over Ackman's short position on Herbalife over a decade ago. At the conference, Ackman talked about two companies he's placing massive bets on right now: Universal Music (UNGVY) and Alphabet (GOOG). Ackman said his portfolio has a 22-25% weight on Universal Music, and a 16-17% weight on Alphabet, meaning he's betting 38-42% of his fund on the two firms. For Universal Music it's streaming.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Carl Icahn, Ackman, we'd, I'm, CNBC's Scott Wapner, Warren Buffett, chatbot, OpenAI's ChatGPT, They've Organizations: Pershing Square Holdings, Delivering Alpha, Pershing, Morningstar, Universal, Euronext, Universal Music, Capitol Records, Jam, Google, YouTube Locations: New York, Euronext Amsterdam

☆ Explainer: How Bill Ackman's SPARC differs from a SPAC
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Svea Herbst-Bayliss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Here's how a SPARC differs from a SPAC:DEAL VISIBILITYOne of the biggest differences is a SPARC doesn't require up-front money from investors like a SPAC does. SPAC investors are then given the option to vote down an acquisition or redeem their shares once a deal has been announced. SPARC will only ask for money from investors once it has clinched and disclosed a deal to buy a company. CAPITAL FLEXIBILITYUnlike a SPAC, the amount of money SPARC seeks from investors will vary based on the size of the deal it pursues. This means that SPARC investors will not be diluted by such warrants and will get to keep more of the company.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Richard Brian, Bill Ackman's, Ackman, Tontine, Svea Herbst, Bayliss, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Pershing Square Capital Management, REUTERS, Pershing Square SPARC Holdings, SPARC, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Pershing, Tontine Holdings, Universal Music Group, SPACs, Svea, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, New York, Rhode Island

☆ Microsoft's Jaron Lanier says AI advancing without human dignity will 'undermine everything', including reality
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The future of AI is set to be "spiritually, politically, and economically" corrosive, Lanier said. He noted that people building AI tech should let go of sci-fi wish fulfillment. He noted that, while this year has been the "year of AI," next year the world is going to be "flooded, flooded with AI-generated music." A deluge of generative AI content, from simple search prompts to eerie deepfakes, is now up for broad government regulation. In addition to AI-generated content nixing human connection found through creative works and causing an eventual collapse of the creative economy, Lanier said AI-generated content that can be perfected and customized also undermines peoples' "sense of reality.

Persons: Lanier, —, Arianna Huffington's, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Lucian Grainge, Grainge, Kali Hays Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Universal Music, Twitter Locations: khays@insider.com, @hayskali

☆ No, it's not possible to make $1,200 a month by posting 30-second tracks on Spotify – its CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Boss Daniel Ek said the lucrative side hustle wasn't possible as it was "not how our royalty system works." Spotify is battling a wave of fake music being uploaded to the platform, much of it generated by AI. before adding: "But seriously, that's not quite how our royalty system works." Separately, a Swedish newspaper last week reported that gangs were using fake Spotify streams to launder money. The rappers would then collect royalty payments for their songs from Spotify, effectively laundering the money.

Persons: Morgan, Boss Daniel Ek, Daniel Ek, that's, Drake Organizations: Spotify, Service, JPMorgan, Financial, Columbia House, Universal Music, Swedish, Svenska Dagbladet Locations: Wall, Silicon, Swedish, Svenska

☆ Merch, vinyl, hotels and credit cards: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour helped a bunch of companies – but hurt others
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour had a significant impact on several public companies this summer. "Knowing how our guests can't get enough of Taylor Swift, we proactively secured an exclusive vinyl offering that Swifties bought in droves." "In July, Taylor Swift launched her Eras Tour merch shop with us experiencing unprecedented volume sales and site visitors on launch day, and we were ready for it." "Folks aren't buying as much patio furniture when they're spending hundreds or thousands of dollars to go to Taylor Swift. Rolling Stones, U2, Madonna, Prince, and this Taylor Swift performance was at a whole different level.

Persons: Taylor, Taylor Swift, Swifties, Christina Hennington, — Harvey Finkelstein, — Boyd Muir, — Leslie Hale, Raymond Martz, Jon Bortz, Wee Ee Cheong, Thomson Leighton, James Conroy, It's, Jonathan Johnson, Tom Schmitt Organizations: Service, AlphaSense, Merchandising, Universal Music, Lodging, Overseas Bank, Bot, Akamai, Forward Locations: Wall, Silicon, Chicago

Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | Google Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Are New York City’s new rules for short-term rentals like Airbnb effectively a ban? And will they accomplish what proponents want them to? Then, The New York Times tech reporter Erin Griffith on Silicon Valley’s mad dash for GPUs. And finally, we take stock of the A.I. songs of the summer and discuss YouTube and Universal Music Group’s plan to make synthetic voices profitable.

Persons: Erin Griffith Organizations: Apple, Spotify, York, The New York Times, Silicon, YouTube, Universal

☆ R. Kelly and Universal Music Group must pay over $500,000 in music royalties to his victims, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Disgraced musician R. Kelly and Universal Music Group must pay more than $500,000 in music royalties to his sexual abuse victims, a New York judge ruled. As part of his sentencing in the case, Kelly, Universal and Sony Music Entertainment were ordered to pay his half-million dollar debut. Universal Music Group is holding at least $567,444.19. Universal Music Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday. Kelly, 56, was found guilty in September 2021 on nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering in a high-profile sex trafficking case.

Persons: Kelly, Ann Donnelly, Robert Sylvester Kelly, — Daniel Arkin, Adam Reiss Organizations: Universal Music Group, U.S, Eastern, of New, Universal, New, Sony Music Entertainment, Prosecutors, Sony, Universal Music, Attorney's, Hennepin County Attorney's Locations: Leighton, Chicago, New York, of New York, Brooklyn, U.S, York, Minnesota, Hennepin County

☆ Rolling Stones fans see signs of new album in local newspaper ad
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform as part of their "Stones Sixty Europe 2022 Tour" at Waldbuehne in Berlin, Germany, August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Have the Rolling Stones just announced the release of a new album? “The Rolling Stones are poking fun at themselves,” read one message on the Facebook fan page The Rolling Stones Sessions. Last year, The Rolling Stones marked their 60th anniversary with a European tour, covering 10 countries including Britain. An album by the Rolling Stones featuring new original music would be their first since 2005's "A Bigger Bang".

Persons: Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Lisi Niesner, ”, Jack Q Frost, Farouq Suleiman, Paul Sandle, Andrew Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Hackney Gazette, Universal Music, Thomson Locations: Waldbuehne, Berlin, Germany, London, Hackney, Britain

☆ Rolling Stones appear to tease new album in fake ad in local newspaper
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —If you’re looking for a rock ‘n’ roll end to the summer, then the Rolling Stones may have you covered. The British rock legends appear to have teased a new album through a fake ad for a glass-repair business placed in a local London newspaper. Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform in Sweden on July 31, 2022 during their "Stones Sixty European Tour." A new album would be the Stones’ 31st studio album and their first since the 2021 death of drummer Charlie Watts. A Rolling Stones representative contacted by CNN declined to comment on the ad.

Persons: Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Nils Petter Nilsson, “ Don’t, Hackney, Charlie Watts Organizations: London CNN, Hackney Gazette, Hackney Diamonds, Universal Music Group, CNN Locations: British, London, Hackney, Sweden, “

☆ YouTube starts Music AI incubator with Universal Music as partner
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A smartphone with a displayed YouTube logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 21 (Reuters) - YouTube is launching an incubator to work with artistes and musicians to explore the use of artificial intelligence in music, according to its blogpost on Monday. The Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit has signed up Universal Music (UMG.AS) as its first partner for the Incubator, and will work with artistes including Anitta, ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus, and Max Ricther. The group "will help gather insights on generative AI experiments and research that are being developed at YouTube," said Mohan, adding that YouTube would bring on board more partners. YouTube said it will further invest in AI-powered technology, including evolving its copyright management tool, Content ID, to protect viewers and creators.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus, Max Ricther, YouTube's, Neal Mohan, Mohan, Yuvraj Malik, Arun Koyyur Organizations: REUTERS, YouTube, Universal, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

Universal Music Group logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photoAug 11 (Reuters) - Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), Sony Music Entertainment (6758.T) and other record labels on Friday sued the nonprofit Internet Archive for copyright infringement over its streaming collection of digitized music from vintage records. Representatives for the Internet Archive did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the complaint. The San Francisco-based Internet Archive digitally archives websites, books, audio recordings and other materials. The Internet Archive is already facing another federal lawsuit in Manhattan from leading book publishers who said its digital-book lending program launched in the pandemic violates their copyrights.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby's, Chuck Berry's, Ellington's, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Diane Craft Organizations: Universal, REUTERS, Universal Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, San Francisco, Washington

☆ Triller is finally heading to the public markets after trimming losses and tweaking its investor pitch. Here are 3 main takeaways from the hundreds of pages it filed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Triller's preliminary S-1 filing to go public on the New York Stock Exchange has been released. The company reported a smaller net loss in 2022 than in 2021 and around $48 million in 2022 revenue. In its S-1, the company featured images of celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and DJ Khaled inside Triller products. One metric notably absent from Triller's S-1 is active user counts across its platforms. In its S-1, the company wrote it had "established more than 550 million user accounts" across its offerings, which it defined as anyone who created an account.

Persons: Triller, It's, it's, Snoop Dogg, Josh Richards, Richards, Jennifer Lopez, DJ Khaled, Charli D'Amelio, D'Amelio, TikTok, Julius, Triller's, Mike Lu, Ryan Kavanaugh's, Bobby Sarnevesht Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Seachange, SEC, Triller, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Meta, Inc, TechCrunch, Billboard, Media Locations: NFTs, TikTok, Triller

☆ Google, Universal Music in talks for deal on AI 'deepfakes' - FT
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Universal Music Group logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/FILE PHOTOAug 8 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and Universal Music (UMG.AS) are in talks to license artists' voices and melodies for artificial intelligence-generated songs, Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing four people familiar with the matter. The music industry is grappling with "deepfake" songs, made using generative AI, that mimic artists' voices, often without their consent. Discussions between Google and Universal Music are at an early stage and no product launch is imminent, while Warner Music (WMG.O) is also in talks with Google about a product, the report added. Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Jaspreet Singh, Shinjini Organizations: Universal, REUTERS, Google, Financial, Warner Music, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ The music industry is now driven by data, but this CEO still makes decisions based on 'gut feel and instinct'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Mushroom Records was founded in Australia in the 1970s by Michael Gudinski. Kylie Minogue started her recording career on Mushroom Records. Mariano Regidor/Getty ImagesWhile many decisions in the music business are now driven by data, "gut feel and instinct" remain part of the equation for his company at least. Kylie Minogue performs at the Mushroom Records 25th anniversary concert in Melbourne in 1998. Michael Gudinski founded Mushroom Records in 1972.

Persons: Michael Gudinski, Matt, Matt Gudinski, it's, That's, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, TayTay, Matt Jelonek, that's, Kylie Minogue, Jimmy Barnes, Vance Joy, Madonna, Don Arnold, Gudinski, Michael, Minogue, Sheeran, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Mariano Regidor, – I'm, Martin Philbey, Mushroom's, There's, Mushroom Organizations: Mushroom Records, Morning, YouTube, Mushroom Group, Touring, Getty, Victorian, ABC, Mushroom, Spotify, Universal Music, Coldplay, Universal Locations: Australia, New Zealand, Perth, Melbourne, Madrid, Spain, Europe, North America

☆ Universal Music earnings boosted by strong sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 26 (Reuters) - The world's largest record label Universal Music Group (UMG.AS) on Wednesday posted a better than expected second quarter core profit margin, boosted by strong sales from artists including Taylor Swift and South Korea's SEVENTEEN. Universal Music's quarterly margin on adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to 21.9%, from 20.0% a year earlier, the group said in a statement. Adjusted EBITDA rose by 16.4% to 590 million euros ($653 million), higher than a company-provided consensus of 547 million euros. Universal Music reported revenues of 2.7 billion euros in the quarter, helped by a 10.6% yearly rise in recorded music subscriptions, the company added. Apart from Taylor Swift and South Korean boy band SEVENTEEN, other top sellers in the second quarter were King & Prince, Morgan Wallen, and Stray Kids, Universal Music said.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Lucian Grainge, Prince, Morgan Wallen, Alessandro Parodi, Toby Chopra, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Universal Music, Universal, Thomson Locations: South Korean

☆ Spotify’s awkward three-way dance leads to slip-up
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Spotify (SPOT.N) is caught between the expectations of investors and major music labels. One bullish argument for Spotify’s stock is that higher prices will mean higher margins over time. First, some of Spotify’s customers pay annually, which means the price hike might take a while to come through. He’s locked in a long-term standoff with major labels like Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), which currently grab the overwhelming majority of Spotify’s revenue. In other words, Spotify’s future may be rosier than Ek is willing to let on.

Persons: Daniel Ek, Ek, coy, He’s, Karen Kwok, Liam Proud, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Spotify, Universal Music, Twitter, Thales, Thomson Locations: Spain

☆ Mattel hated the 1997 song 'Barbie Girl' so much that it sued. Now, the song is making a return thanks to Greta Gerwig.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Aqua's chart-topping 1997 hit "Barbie Girl" called the doll a "blond bimbo" and was full of innuendos. "Barbie Girl" is now being revived in Greta Gerwig's film with a performance by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice. But no one really thought that the tongue-in-cheek song could have been written by Mattel, Lobel wrote. Years later, Mattel even bought the rights to the song from Aqua, Lobel wrote. The song is now making a comeback, in a way, thanks to Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" film, which is hitting cinemas this Friday.

Persons: bimbo, Greta Gerwig's, Nicki Minaj, Elton John, Barbie —, Lobel, Aqua, Barbie, Ken, Barbie's Dreamhouse, Lene Nystrøm, René Dif, hanky, Mattel, Alex Kozinski, Vinnie Zuffante, Michael Ochs, Nystrøm, Stone, Pamela Anderson, Kozinski Organizations: Mattel, MCA Records, Service, Universal Music, Michael Ochs Archives, Aqua, YouTube, Spotify Locations: Wall, Silicon, Norwegian, Australia, Barbie's

☆ A viral clip of Johnny Cash singing 'Barbie Girl' is uncanny and indicative of the internet's latest AI obsession — and its creator wants to incorporate the tech into live performances
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dustin Ballard, who runs the channel, said he wants to take AI covers to the live stage. Dustin Ballard, who runs the channel, told Insider in an email that videos like these take a few days. Finally, I use an AI voice model trained on snippets of the original artist's singing to transform my voice into theirs. "AI voice training is currently not a very user-friendly process, but it's rapidly getting easier," Ballard told Insider. Legal ramifications concerning music and copyright law, are what is driving the debate on AI covers in the music industry.

Persons: Johnny Cash, Dustin Ballard, Greta Gerwig's, Elvis, Sir, Frank Sinatra, Lil Jon, Ballard, It's, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Spongebob's Patrick belting, Drake, Jered Chavez, it's, Travis Scott, Evan Dhillon Organizations: YouTube, Universal Music Group, Financial, Arpeggi Labs Locations: Folsom, Argentina

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Persons: michelle cottle, I’m Michelle Cottle, ross douthat I’m Ross Douthat, carlos lozada I’m Carlos Lozada, lydia polgreen, Lydia Polgreen, ross, departmentwide, carlos lozada, ross douthat, polgreen, ross douthat I’ll, Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, it’s, We’d, carlos lozada I didn’t, Lozada, Michelle, there’ll, you’ve, I’ll, ”, I’ve, lydia polgreen It’s, Lydia, — ross, Sue Hawk, winder, — carlos lozada Wow, Richard Hatch, he’s, Rudy, carlos lozada “, carlos lozada “ Survivor ”, Mark Burnett, — carlos lozada There’s, ” lydia polgreen There’s, ” ross douthat, “, — ross douthat That’s, Ross, you’re, Carlos, carlos lozada You, JD Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, Tom, TD Fitzgerald, Standish, who’s, ” ross, — carlos lozada, ross douthat —, Donald Trump, JD, ” Michelle, I’m, Dolly Parton, lydia polgreen Legend, She’s, scrappy, she’s, “ Jolene, michelle cottle Don’t, Dolly, Dolly Parton’s, michelle cottle I’m, polgreen It’s, It’s, — carlos lozada Oh, lydia polgreen — Henry Grabar, Mother Teresa, Henry Grabar, carlos lozada Ross, we’re, Sienna, Sienna’s, we’re Honda Organizations: New York, ”, Harvard, “, Blacks, Navy, carlos lozada “ Survivor, Trump, Housewives, HBO, America, Survivor, City Hall, DC Locations: United States of America, America, United States, Trump, Utah, Northern California, Adenville, Lydia, Park City , Utah, West

☆ Goldman Sachs says A.I. will 'super-charge' music creation and names 5 stocks to buy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The music industry is set for a radical shift due in part to generative AI, according to Goldman Sachs , which described the new technology as providing "significant opportunities" for the sector. It named five buy-rated stocks to play the trend: Live Nation , Warner Music Group , French digital music company Believe , China's NetEase , and Universal Music Group . "Generative AI will super-charge music creation capabilities and improve productivity," according to Goldman's analysts in a June 28 note. The music industry is well set up to protect its intellectual property given that it is dominated by three large companies that own the majority of artists' catalogs, according to Goldman. Goldman chose Chinese internet company NetEase, which has a music streaming platform, for its use of AI in its music composition tools.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, NetEase, Drake, Goldman, WMG, UMG, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, Companies, Spotify, Netflix Locations: Asia, Europe, Chinese

☆ Madrid joins race for high-spending tourists with bet on five-star hotels
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Corina Pons | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] A swimming pool is seen at the top of Hyatt's Thompson Madrid Hotel, overlooking central Madrid, Spain, June 13, 2023. RISING ROOM RATESThe arrival of luxury hotels has marked a new peak in room rates. "We're seeking to capture the highest-spending international tourists," said Madrid's tourism director, Luis Martin. Employment in Madrid's tourism sector has grown by 15% since 2019, compared with 5.4% nationally. "The Spanish tourism sector has always tried to compete with other destinations on low prices," he said.

Persons: Hyatt's, Violeta Santos Moura, Santo Mauro, Richard Brekelmans, ”, Carlos Erburu, Thompson, Antonio Catalan, Alejandro Pitashny, Luis Martin, Jose Maria Martinez, Corina Pons, Belen Carreño, Charlie Devereux, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Madrid Hotel, REUTERS, Violeta Santos Moura MADRID, Hotels, Puerta del Sol, Dior, Marriott, Santo, Santo Mauro Palace, Westin, Ritz, Universal Music, Southern, Madrid, Colliers, Hyatt Hotels Corp, Reuters, Robuchon, Michelin, Airlines, Air, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Spain, Europe, Paris, London, Milan, Puerta del, Southern Europe, Barcelona, United States, Rome, Argentine, Iberia, America, Air China, China, Spanish

☆ To the Conductor Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra Was a Collective
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( David Allen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Achieving that ideal was no simple task with orchestras of long traditions and routines, though Abbado remade the Philharmonic in his image, and lastingly so. Striving to fulfill that promise led him not only to embrace the energy of youth orchestras, but also to support and found ensembles of like mind: the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra Mozart. The most extravagant was the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, a coterie of colleagues and admirers with whom he gave critically sanctified summer performances from 2003 until just before his death. The breadth is extraordinary — what other conductor was as adept as Abbado in Rossini as well as in Webern and Ligeti? — yet it still excludes records he made for EMI, RCA and Sony, as well as most of his vaunted Mahler from Lucerne.

Persons: Abbado, Martha Argerich, Maurizio Pollini, Schell, “, ”, Karajan, Orchestra Mozart, Rossini, Webern, Ligeti, Mahler Organizations: Berlin Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Philips, Universal Music Group, EMI, RCA, Sony Locations: Lucerne

☆ Triller is being sued for alleged unpaid bills by a firm it hired to analyze and validate its user data
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Triller hired Sensor Tower in August 2020 to analyze its user data and build a metrics dashboard. Nearly three years later, Sensor Tower is suing Triller for about $540,000 in alleged unpaid bills. App-analytics firm Sensor Tower is suing Triller for roughly $540,000 in a new lawsuit that alleges the tech company hasn't paid its bills. A Sensor Tower spokesperson told Insider in September 2020 that "Sensor Tower is in no way disputing Triller's officially published metrics." Other vendors and partners have also sued Triller for alleged late paymentsIn late 2020, Triller was primarily known for its TikTok-like video app.

Persons: Triller, It's, Apptopia, Mike Lu, Triller's, Triller's Lu, Lu, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland Organizations: of, Google, TechCrunch, Triller, Billboard, Sony Music, Universal Music Group Locations: Superior, of California, San Francisco, copublish

June 14 (Reuters) - A group of 17 music publishers sued Twitter in Nashville, Tennessee, federal court on Wednesday, accusing the company of enabling thousands of copyright violations by allowing users to post music without a license. Twitter drives user engagement with "countless infringing copies of musical compositions," the lawsuit said. Members of the National Music Publishers' Association, including Sony Music Publishing (6758.T), BMG Rights Management and Universal Music Publishing Group (UMG.AS), are seeking more than $250 million in damages for alleged infringement of nearly 1,700 copyrights. Twitter "routinely ignores" repeat infringement by users who post tweets that contain unlicensed music, the lawsuit said. The publishers said Twitter encourages user infringement, which increases engagement and ad revenues while giving it an "unfair advantage" over platforms that pay for music licenses.

Persons: Elon Musk, David Israelite, Musk, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Richard Chang Organizations: Twitter, National Music Publishers ' Association, Sony Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing, Elon, Facebook, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Nashville , Tennessee, Washington

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