We called for states' Attorneys General to keep the case going, and dozens of them did. The trial will resume Monday morning.
How does Live Nation talk about fans when they think no one will find out? decibel.news/p/the-doj-ju...
We'll hear by Friday afternoon what the status of the states' settlement talks with Live Nation is, and whether they'll be back at trial Monday. In the meantime, here's what some industry stakeholders and experts are saying about the DOJ settlement: www.theverge.com/policy/89327...
Another tough day for team “there’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.”
And a bonus: you can now listen to the call where Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino drops an F-bomb and delivers what the ex-Barclays Center CEO said was a threat for switching from Ticketmaster. Decide for yourself (gift link) www.theverge.com/policy/89255...
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.
State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
Well reported summary
The political challenge is that personality rights are typically opposed by the libertarian/copyleft crowd.
Personality rights are covered by a patchwork of state laws, but we've long supported a unified federal right to have a clear remedy to situations like this.
lol there's a handful of other shows but you're pretty much right!
Having now reviewed the proposed remedies in the DOJ's proposed settlement, we can say what the DOJ has proposed is wholly inadequate. Look at this list of venues that Live Nation has proposed divesting.
Live Nation does not even own any of these venues!
Anything short of a breakup is likely to be inadequate to put a stop to Live Nation's bullying behavior.
Politico is reporting that DOJ has reached a settlement with Live Nation after just one week at trial. We're going to withhold full judgment until we see details, but we've been clear that only a structural separation of LNE's various lines of business can adequately address harms.
Prosecutors Unable To Attend Live Nation Trial After Scalpers Buy Every Ticket https://theonion.com/prosecutors-unable-to-attend-live-nation-trial-after-scalpers-buy-every-ticket/
🚨Live coverage of testimony by SeatGeek CEO on LiveNation in this thread.
SeatGeek's generally been lousy to artists, and the way they've conducted themselves in many public policy debates has been dishonest and inexcusable. But they have a reasonable and serious complaint here.
Did they really quote the Borg?
On other issues, though we have seen what seemed like a reflexive opposition to relatively benign efforts to allow creators to protect themselves using copyright. One example is the CASE Act. Another was the CLASSICS act.
There are a few places where we’ve been able to find alignment. Appreciated his inclusion of the chapter about radio consolidation and his 2022 book for example.
Definitely does. It’s a lot of hand waving about how if we don’t let the companies train their AI this way, it’s dangerous to fair use and has a range of other bad impacts. Generally though Cory has a very, very broad reading of fair use, at odds with what most creative worker groups believe.
Not a good piece. Cory mostly sides with the AI companies on the legality of unlicensed training and his analysis suffers as a result.
Also...generative AI works don't need to be protected by copyright to cause economic harm to creators whose work they train on and compete against. Such works still result in downward pressure on rates in licensing discussion.
Doctorow sides with the big extractive AI companies on the question of whether AI training counts as fair use. He's entitled to that view. But when he minimizes the harm associated with that view (and tries to shift focus to bosses) he's misrepresenting the landscape.
This is a very strange reading of SCOTUS' denial of cert in Thaler vs Perlmutter. The decision isn't limited to creative workers' "bosses." It's also about creative workers' *competitors.*
Doctorow wants us to imagine only bosses benefit from copyright. That's just not true.
