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Senator Tillis and open internet groups express diverging views on copyright in letters to US Trade Representative

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United State Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai has been at the receiving end of letters expressing radically different views on copyright from open internet groups and Senator Thom Tillis.

What triggered the exchange of letters was the proposal from some countries, including India and South Africa asking to waive intellectual property protections under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement to boost the production of vaccines against Covid-19.

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to appear on March 23 before the House Energy and Commerce Committee

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January 30, 2023

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear before the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023 to testify "on TikTok’s consumer privacy and data security practices, the platforms’ impact on kids, and their relationship with the Chinese Communist Party," according to a statement from the Committee's chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA).

“Big Tech has increasingly become a destructive force in American society," said McMorris Rodgers. "The Energy and Commerce Committee ...

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+1 Records seals global strategic partnership with Exceleration Music

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January 25, 2023

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Independent label +1 Records has signed a strategic, global partnership with Exceleration Music, the structure dedicated to enhancing the future of independent music.

Exceleration has made an investment in +1’s catalogue and will provide the resources and operational support the label’s upcoming releases. New York and Los Angeles-based +1 Records was Co-founded in 2008 by Jonny Kaps, Nat Hays Boas and and Josh Swade.

The two partners said that Kaps would continue as CEO of the company, w...

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US Justice Department starts legal action against Google for alleged anticompetitive behaviour in the digital advertising market

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January 25, 2023

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The US Justice Department — alongside eight States — have filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the Alphabet-owned company of "monopolising multiple digital advertising technology products in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act."

The suit — in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia — alleges that through serial acquisitions and anticompetitive auction manipulation, Google "subverted competition in Internet advertising technologies."

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