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Net neutrality provisions crafted under the Obama Administration are now getting dismantled. Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a measure that would wipe out almost all of the provisions adopted in 2015. It’s the first step in a massive rollback of Obama-era net neutrality provisions. This morning, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a measure […]
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Publishers think they’re getting a raw deal in America. And they’re probably right. But you can’t deregulate without destroying some of the biggest music streaming services in the world. Depending on the day, my in-box features an urgent message about one music industry special interest or another. Broadcast radio needs to pay for recordings! Broadcast radio shouldn’t […]
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Apple Music is rapidly catching up to Spotify. But is Apple breaking anti-competitive laws to win? Depending on which study you read, Apple actually has more active users than Spotify. And this part is less disputed: after just two years on the market, Apple Music is already half the size of Spotify (which started in 2008). […]
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Is Trump putting the kibosh on global tours? We asked Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino to assess the impact. It was a hot Texas mess prepared just for SXSW. In the wake of Trump’s high profile executive orders on immigration, SXSW artists started freaking out over possible deportations. Or, flat-out imprisonment at the hands of […]
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Want to fix copyright law in the United States? Then start by destroying the US Copyright Office. The US Copyright Office doesn’t have a leader. There isn’t a ‘Register’. And why is that? Well, the last one was fired for blowing nearly $40 million on approximately nothing. I’m not an investigator. And I don’t want […]
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Taxpayers will pay an estimated $53 million just to protect Melania Trump at Trump Tower in New York this year alone. That’s more than half the entire budget for all National Public Radio (NPR) programming and station costs, both of which are getting eliminated. If you’re unhappy that the US Government is eliminating funding for […]
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Donald Trump will soon have direct appointment powers over the US Copyright Office, thanks to some very fast-moving legislation. It’s Hollywood’s worst nightmare. And the music industry’s, too. But Donald Trump will soon be picking the person that controls the fate of both industries for decades to come. That power will transform a once-stodgy bureaucratic […]
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It’s the giant ‘f*&k you’ Trump’s been dying to give Hollywood. Now, pending legislation would pass full authority over the US Copyright Office to Donald Trump. Think copyright law is seriously screwed up? Then get ready for even greater chaos ahead. Now, a broken, outdated set of copyright statutes could fall under direct purview of […]
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Trump wants to cut federal funding to National Public Radio (NPR). Is that such a bad thing? Before you rip me a listener-supported new one, I’ll start with this. I listen, without fail, to NPR every single day. Sometimes for just a few minutes, other times for hours on end. I’ve also donated more than […]
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