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[Link] New Music Industry Takedown Service Targets NFT and ‘Metaverse’ Piracy
Read: 13/3/2022 torrentfreak.com
Italian anti-piracy group Digital Content Protection has launched a new service that helps rightsholders to police NFT platforms, Web 3.0 projects, and metaverse precursors.
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[Link] Wu-Tang Clan Producer Suing NYPD After Wrongfully Spending 4 Years in Rikers
Read: 3/3/2022 www.vice.com
Former Wu-Tang Clan producer “True Master” spent four years at Rikers Island after being falsely accused of a rape that DNA evidence proved he didn’t commit. Now, he wants justice—with the help of star civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
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[Link] Spotify’s attempt to use the Facebook playbook over Joe Rogan won’t wash
Read: 6/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
Two decades ago, the late and much-lamented David Bowie said something that was eerily prophetic. “Music itself,” he observed, “is going to become like running water or electricity.
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[Link] Record Labels Face Sanctions Over ‘Destroyed’ Piracy Evidence
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Internet provider Bright House has asked a Florida federal court to sanction several record labels for 'destroying' evidence that it says is crucial to the ongoing piracy liability lawsuit.
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[Link] Record Labels Still Want to Know if Piracy Trial Jurors Read TorrentFreak
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
The piracy liability trial between several major record labels and Internet provider Grande is about to begin. To rule out conflicts, both sides submitted an updated series of questions for the jury selection.
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[Link] Site Sells Famous Songs as NFTs Without Permission, Sparks Global Outrage
Read: 2/2/2022 www.vice.com
Seemingly, anyone could register on HitPiece to sell a piece of music as an NFT, even on an artist’s behalf. “Each time an artist’s NFT is purchased or sold, a royalty from each transaction is accounted to the rights holders account,” HitPiece’s website stated.
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[Link] Australian TV reporter Matt Doran gives lengthy on-air apology after he ‘insulted’ Adele
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Australian TV reporter Matt Doran has made a lengthy, unreserved apology to Adele for failing to listen to her new album before an exclusive interview with the singer, calling the bungle a “terrible mistake”.
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[Link] RIAA Takes Down Popular Music Piracy Discord Over Adele ’30’ Leak
Read: 24/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
A popular Discord server specializing in music piracy has been taken down by the RIAA. Sources inside the RipRequests community suggest the problem stemmed from a pre-release leak of Adele's new '30' album.
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[Link] RIAA Criticizes ICANN for ‘Hindering’ Its Anti-Piracy Efforts
Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
The RIAA is helping U.S. music companies to fight piracy, which isn't always an easy task. One of the major frustrations is that, due to hidden or shielded Whois information, it's often hard to identify the people who run sites and services.
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[Link] Half of This Boy Band’s Singers Are 7 Years Old. Is It Child Labor?
Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com
The boy group, Panda Boys, consisted of 13 members, six of whom were 7 years old and the rest aged between 8 and 11, according to their online profiles posted by the band earlier this year.
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[Link] DaBaby Could Still Get Paid by the Festivals That Dropped Him
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Seven major music festivals have now cut DaBaby from their lineups after the rapper went on a homophobic rant at Rolling Loud in Miami last week, then immediately doubled down, spouting off comments that were arguably even more offensive than what he said at first.
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[Link] Does Canceling DaBaby's Shows Actually Help Hip-Hop's Homophobia Issue?
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
DaBaby is the most talked about rapper this week, and unfortunately, the commotion has nothing to do with new music.
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