Music licensing platform and marketplace Songtradr has acquired online music store and community Bandcamp. In parallel, Bandcamp parent company Epic Games — producer of the game 'Fortnite' — is investing in Songtradr to support Bandcamp’s successful integration into Songtradr. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Epic Games is also exploring ways to partner with Songtradr to build an inventory of music where artists can opt in to have their music licensed for use in Epic’s ecosystem. Epic ...

"Net neutrality" is back on the agenda of the Federal Communications Commission in the US, four years after it was repelled by the previous administration.

Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the FCC, has issued a proposal of a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) as the first step in reestablishing the FCC’s oversight over broadband and restoring “uniform nationwide ‘net neutrality’ rules, which would allow the FCC to protect internet openness and consumers, defend national security, ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 state attorneys general have sued Amazon.com, alleging that the online retail and technology company is "a monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power."

The 172-page complaint focuses on what is described as Amazon’s "ongoing pattern of illegal conduct [which] blocks competition, allowing it to wield monopoly power to inflate prices, degrade quality, and stifle innovation f...