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nytimes.com - Ben Sisario - X Sues Music Publishers, Alleging 'Collusion' Over Licensing Deals
X Sues Music Publishers, Alleging 'Collusion' Over Licensing Deals
The New York Times

|X Sues Music Publishers, Alleging ‘Collusion' Over Licensing Deals https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/arts/music/x-music-publishers-lawsuit.html X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against…

theverge.com - Emma Roth - X accuses music publishers of 'weaponizing' DMCA takedowns
X accuses music publishers of 'weaponizing' DMCA takedowns
The Verge

X claims the NMPA and music publishers attempted to pressure the platform into industrywide licensing deals. X claims the NMPA and music publishers attempted to pressure the platform into industrywide licensing deals. Emma Roth is a news writer who…

thestar.com.my - Mike Scarcella - Musk's X sues music publishers over alleged licensing conspiracy
Musk's X sues music publishers over alleged licensing conspiracy
The Star Online

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - ‌Elon Musk's X Corp sued 18 major music publishers and a ‌leading U.S. music industry trade association on Friday, alleging they conspired to ‌block competition and force the social media platform…

globenewswire.com - Memo Therapeutics AG - Memo Therapeutics AG Publishes BKPyV Infection Disease Burden Study in the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Memo Therapeutics AG Publishes BKPyV Infection Disease Burden Study in the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
GlobeNewswire

Memo Therapeutics AG Publishes BKPyV Infection Disease Burden Study in the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes First conceptual model demonstrating the impact of BK polyomavirus on the health-related quality of life of kidney transplant recipients…

variety.com - Jem Aswad - Elon Musk's X (Formerly Twitter) Sues 18 Music Publishers, NMPA in Latest Move in Licensing Dispute
Elon Musk's X (Formerly Twitter) Sues 18 Music Publishers, NMPA in Latest Move in Licensing Dispute
Variety

Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against some 18 music publishers and their trade organization, the National Music Publishers Association, in the latest move in a drawn-out battle over licensing. The platform alleges…

bleedingcool.com - Rich Johnston - Kevin O'Neill's Final Work, Silent Pictures, To Be Published Next Week
Kevin O'Neill's Final Work, Silent Pictures, To Be Published Next Week
Bleeding Cool News

Posted in: Comics | Tagged: Alan Moore, gosh comics, Kevin O'Neill, Knockabout Comics, london Kevin O'Neill's final work, Silent Pictures, to be published next week by Knockabout and Gosh Comics, with an introduction by Alan Moore Kevin O'Neill's…

gamesindustry.biz - Alex Forbes-Calvin - Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse won't work with studios using generative AI
Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse won't work with studios using generative AI
GamesIndustry.biz

Game publisher Hooded Horse has said that it is refusing to work with developers who are using generative AI. Speaking to Kotaku, CEO Tim Bender wrote that the technology has 'made our lives more difficult'. He added that part of its publishing…

deadline.com - Matt Grobar - Noah Ballard Joins Buchwald's Publishing And Media Rights Team As VP
Noah Ballard Joins Buchwald's Publishing And Media Rights Team As VP
Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Buchwald has expanded its Publishing and Media Rights division with the hire of Noah Ballard as Vice President of Media Rights & Publishing. Joining from Verve, Ballard will focus on broadening Buchwald's reach in book publishing, media…

billboard.com - Bill Donahue - Elon Musk's X Sues Music Publishers for Collusion: 'Coercive Campaign'
Elon Musk's X Sues Music Publishers for Collusion: 'Coercive Campaign'
Billboard

Elon Musk 's X is suing the major music publishers and the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) over allegations that they “weaponized” takedown requests and exploited their monopoly power to force the social media platform…

gazettenet.com - Carolyn Brown - Refusing to be silenced: Interlink Publishing in Northampton launches literary nonprofit to support marginalized authors facing censorship and erasure
Refusing to be silenced: Interlink Publishing in Northampton launches literary nonprofit to support marginalized authors facing censorship and erasure
Daily Hampshire Gazette

In response to a rising tide of book bans and global censorship, the Northampton-based publishing house Interlink Publishing has launched a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding stories at risk of being erased or silenced, and…

destructoid.com - Andrej Barovic - Indie publisher Hooded Horse issues total ban on AI in its games because it's a 'cancerous' technology
Indie publisher Hooded Horse issues total ban on AI in its games because it's a 'cancerous' technology
Destructoid

Hooded Horse firmly fights against AI. In the midst of increasing AI usage across the board, one publisher is taking a firm stance against the technology, labeling it “cancerous.” It has therefore issued a total ban on the use of AI…

gamedeveloper.com - Chris Kerr - Indie publisher Hooded Horse won't work with studios using genAI
Indie publisher Hooded Horse won't work with studios using genAI
Game Developer

Strategy-focused indie publisher Hooded Horse isn't interested in working with developers who use generative AI and has inserted a new clause into contracts to prevent that from happening. During a recent interview with Kotaku, Hooded Horse CEO Tim…

law360.com - Craig Clough - X Strikes Back At Music Publishers With Antitrust Suit
X Strikes Back At Music Publishers With Antitrust Suit
Law360

X Corp. accused the National Music Publishers' Association and the largest music publishers in the United States of an anticompetitive conspiracy, alleging in a suit filed Friday that the industry's top... To view the full article, register now.

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Reliance Industries rises Friday, outperforms market
Reliance Industries rises Friday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd. 500325 inched up 0.34% to 1,475.30 Indian rupees Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the BSE SENSEX Index 1 falling 0.72% to 83,576.24. Reliance Industries…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Mohawk Industries Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Mohawk Industries Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
MarketWatch

Shares of Mohawk Industries Inc. MHK rallied 3.90% to $118.72 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.65% to 6,966.28 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA…

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