It started with a video featuring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting on a rooftop, it was followed by outrage from copyright holders, then threats of legal action ensued. At the heart of the matter is the new ideo-generating artificial intelligence model Seedance 2.0, released on February 12 by ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, which allows users to generate videos and other complex workflows. The system is designed for professional film, e-commerce, and advertising productions, w...

The European Commission's competition division has given the green light to the acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings by Universal Music Group's distribution and services unit for the independent sector Virgin Music Group (VMG). In a February 13 decision, the Commission said the approval was "conditional upon full compliance with the commitments offered by the companies, which entail the full divestment of Downtown's royalty accounting platform Curve Royalty Systems, Ltd ('Curve')." In a statem...

Daren Tang, the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has been elected by the WIPO Coordination Committee for a second six-year term. Tang was first elected by WIPO’s 83-member Coordination Committee in March 2020 from a list of six candidates. He previously served as the Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS).

This time, The Coordination Committee, held one round of voting from a list of two candidates. The second candidate ...