“The vast majority of music on TikTok generates virtually no revenue for the musicians who made it, and even more music on the platform is completely unlicensed (stolen), copied (stolen via AI), or pirated (stolen).”
Read the post on IP Watchdog
Category: TikTok Meltdown
@MikeHuppe: TikTok Undercuts Artists With Claims of ‘Free Promotion.’ It’s the Oldest Trick in the Book
Read the post on Billboard, don’t buy the okie doke
Universal’s Statement on TikTok Termination
@CrispinHunt Calls Out TikTok’s Latest Ripoff, Now with Added Artificial Intelligence
@rebeccamkern: Old laws open up a new legal front against Meta and TikTok
[Interesting that AGs’ are using the consumer protection angle that was part of my presentation at the National Association of Attorneys General in 2013.]
The sweeping lawsuits from over 40 states filed against Meta this week — the biggest legal strike at the social-media giant yet over kids’ safety — are deploying a novel tactic for going after social-media platforms, one that a handful of Republican states are also trying out in their campaign against TikTok.
This week’s lawsuits accuse Facebook and Instagram of harming children with deliberately addictive features, and misleading users about their products’ risks. They’re using state consumer-protection laws to make the case, a weapon that prosecutors hope will let them break through the powerful protections that online platforms enjoy under U.S. law.
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