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Jan 21 • 3 months ago

Spotify won court order against Anna’s Archive, taking down .org domain

Lawsuit was filed under seal; Anna's Archive wasn't notified until after takedown. ...

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Jan 15 • 4 months ago

Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal

Spotify claims the higher fees will help "benefit artists." ...

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Jan 14 • 4 months ago

Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform

Indie music store says it wants fans to have confidence music was largely made by humans. ...

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Jan 05 • 4 months ago

Anna’s Archive loses .org domain, says suspension likely unrelated to Spotify piracy

"We don't believe this has to do with our Spotify backup," Anna's Archive says. ...

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Dec 23 • 4 months ago

World’s largest shadow library made a 300TB copy of Spotify’s most streamed songs

Spotify is reportedly investigating how much music Anna’s Archive scraped. ...

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Dec 17 • 5 months ago

Bursting AI bubble may be EU’s “secret weapon” in clash with Trump, expert says

Spotify and Accenture caught in crossfire as Trump attacks EU tech regulations. ...

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Dec 10 • 5 months ago

‘We are truly doomed’: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard despair at AI clone appearing on Spotify

Australian psych-rockers, who removed their music from Spotify in protest against the streaming service, lament the appearance of AI band King Lizard WizardSpotify has removed an AI imperson...

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Dec 04 • 5 months ago

ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God’s assassin,” DOJ says

Podcaster faces up to 70 years and a $3.5 million fine for ChatGPT-linked stalking. ...

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Nov 04 • 6 months ago

Real humans don’t stream Drake songs 23 hours a day, rapper suing Spotify says

Proposed class action may force Spotify to pay back artists harmed by streaming fraud. ...

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Oct 06 • 7 months ago

OpenAI wants to make ChatGPT into a universal app frontend

Spotify, Canva, Zillow among today's launch partners, more coming later this year. ...

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Sep 11 • 8 months ago

Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools

Spotify sent a warning to stop data sales, but developers say they never got it. ...

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