Entertainment Technology Briefing: December 2024
Welcome to our round-up of our top selection of legal updates and technology news relevant to the media and entertainment industry in November.
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Legal updates
CMA publishes provisional decision in market investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming (Gov.uk)
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee launches inquiry into social media, misinformation and algorithms (Parliament.uk)
European Commission accuses Bluesky of breaching information disclosure rules (Reuters)
Apple accused of trapping and ripping off 40m iCloud customers (BBC)
The patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld over (The Verge)
MusicTech
German collection society GEMA sues OpenAI over unlicensed use of song lyrics (Music Business Worldwide)
Chipmaker Nvidia unveils AI audio generator (Music Business Worldwide)
SoundCloud launches assistive AI tools to help amateur music creators (Music Week)
AI
First draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice published (European Commission)
Daily Mail publisher invests in content-sharing AI start-up Prorata (Press Gazette)
Web3
Collapsed cryptocurrency company FTX sues Binance and its former CEO for $1.8 billion (The Guardian)
Bitcoin price tops $87,000 for first time in wake of Trump election victory (The Guardian)
Metaverse
Tuvalu recreates itself in metaverse as climate change threatens its future (BBC)
Data
WhatsApp challenges $236 million data protection fine at EU court (Jurist)
ICO issues recommendations to improve protections for AI recruitment tools (ICO)
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