The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Google's use of content from web publishers, as well as content uploaded on Google-owned online video-sharing platform YouTube, for artificial intelligence purposes.
The probe will assess whether Google has breached EU competition rules and will "examine whether Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators, or by granting itself privileged access to such conten...

Universal Music Group has addressed concerns regarding the proposed $775 million acquisition of independent music company Downtown Music by offering an unspecified remedy to the European Commission.
UMG said the remedy proposal followed "constructive conversations" with the Commission. "We have submitted a robust remedy that comprehensively addresses the Commission's only remaining concern," said UMG in a statement. "This deal is about offering independent music entrepreneurs access to world-cl...

US lawyer Jason E. Sloan has joined Pryor Cashman as a partner in the law firm's Litigation Group and the Music, Intellectual Property, and Media + Entertainment Practices in New York.
Sloan joins Pryor Cashman after a decade at the United States Copyright Office, where he most recently served as Assistant General Counsel. t the Copyright Office, he handled a broad portfolio of regulatory, policy, and litigation matters, including advising Congress on legislation and working closely with the De...