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Streaming now accounts for 75 percent of music industry revenue (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 15:09Senate passes Music Modernization Act
The US Senate has approved the Music Modernization Act of 2018, S.2334, with unanimous consent, bringing the first reform for music licensing in 20 years on the cusp of becoming law. The companion version in the House previously passed in April, also with unanimous consent. The bill now must be reconsidered by the House and then ultimately signed by President Trump. Both of those are likely to happen, so the Senate was the last major hurdle. The bill revamps Section 115 of the US Copyright Act, combining three major pieces of legislation:
Instagram will use ads to help users register to vote (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 13:28How President Trump’s tariffs will hurt US tech companies (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 09/18/2018 - 11:40NYU's Jay Rosen Interview With Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 12:20Mary Meeker, the legendary internet analyst, is leaving Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 12:07Everything You Need to Know About Europe's New Copyright Directive (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 13:52Reddit's QAnon ban points to how it's tracking toxic communities (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 09/12/2018 - 15:42European Union approves controversial internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’
The European Parliament voted on changes to the Copyright Directive, a piece of legislation intended to update copyright for the internet age. MEPs approved amended versions of the directive’s most controversial provisions: Articles 11 and 13, dubbed by critics as the “link tax” and “upload filter.” Article 11 is intended to give publishers and newspapers a way to make money when companies like Google link to their stories, while Article 13 requires platforms like YouTube and Facebook to scan uploaded content to stop the unlicensed sharing of copyrighted material.