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Who’ll blink first: The world’s largest music company or TikTok?

Vox

Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Why Taylor Swift, Drake, and Bad Bunny have been muted on TikTok dance videos. At the end of January, when Universal Music Group (UMG) failed to negotiate a new licensing deal with TikTok , it removed its entire music catalog from the app. We’re not going to accept the low rates.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. March 2004: Autonomy acquires NativeMinds and Cardiff Software. HP in turn sued (then former) Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch in a UK court, and the U.S.

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How copyright lawsuits could kill OpenAI

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The New York Times claims that OpenAI trained its model with copyrighted Times content and did not pay proper licensing fees. The company has already announced licensing deals with folks like the Associated Press and Axel Springer. OpenAI has a clear solution to this conflict: Pay the copyright owners upfront.

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‘Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2’ publisher removes Seattle’s Hardsuit Labs as developer

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Paradox, the publisher for Bloodlines 2, has owned the licensing rights to the Vampire: The Masquerade tabletop game since 2015, as well as a 33% stake in Hardsuit Labs. This marks the second major delay for Bloodlines 2, which was postponed to 2021 last August.

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4 stories all CIOs should be able to tell

CIO Business Intelligence

Doug Keeley: When I started my speaking business in 2004, the dominant subject was leadership, and I used stories as a way to talk about that at conferences. You’ll find tons of tips, stories, and videos there. Maryfran Johnson: What has changed most about business storytelling in recent years?

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4 stories all CIOs should be able to tell

CIO Business Intelligence

Doug Keeley: When I started my speaking business in 2004, the dominant subject was leadership, and I used stories as a way to talk about that at conferences. You’ll find tons of tips, stories, and videos there. Maryfran Johnson: What has changed most about business storytelling in recent years?

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Video interview of Peter Russell, KPMG - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

The video was produced by One Minute World , which specializes in one minute video content for streaming and mobile devices. The video was produced by One Minute World , which specializes in one minute video content for streaming and mobile devices. in Australia event. for corporates.

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