So far, when AI companies have trained on YouTube’s invaluable stash of videos, captions, and other content, they’ve done so without permission. An AI-focused content licensing startup called Calliope Networks is hoping to change that with its new “License to Scrape,” a program aimed directly at YouTube stars. “There’s obvious demand from AI companies to … Read more
Spotify’s decision to introduce comment sections under podcasts should surprise no one. For years now, apps have been ripping off each other’s most popular features. Where once apps adhered to their respective “things,” today they want to do it all: You can post Stories on YouTube, use AI search tools on Instagram, and shop for … Read more
While some industry insiders argue that bingeing is actually better for bringing customers to a streamer’s app—you’ll return multiple times in one week, subliminally absorbing what else is on the service rather than just clicking over once a week for the single program you want—the general public consensus is that “findability,” the act of discovering … Read more
LOS ANGELES (NewsNation) — A multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit against the National Football League has the association defending its decades-old “Sunday Ticket” streaming package. The trial for the lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers has entered its third week. Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93 Class-action lawsuit allegations The plaintiffs representing subscribers and … Read more
Classic British noir The Third Man can be yours to rent for under a fiver on both Amazon Prime Video and AppleTV+. The iconic post-war drama starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Hollywood legend Orson Welles frequently tops lists of the best films ever made. Originally released in 1949, British director Carol Reed’s thrilling and … Read more
Musi has faced objections to its business practices before. In October 2019, the company filed suit against an online ad network, alleging that it had withheld payments owed for ads that ran within the Musi app. In November that year, the ad network filed a counter-complaint alleging that it stopped payments after discovering Musi’s business … Read more
A man in Denmark was sentenced to 18 months in prison today for using fake accounts to trick music streaming services into paying him 2 million Danish kroner ($290,000) in royalties. The unusual case reveals a weak spot in the business model behind the world’s biggest music platforms. The 53-year-old consultant, who had pleaded not … Read more
Watching pirated movies on your iPhone just got a little harder. After climbing the charts of Apple’s App Store, the trendy Kimi app, with its collection of bootlegged movies, has just disappeared. Pretending to be a spot-the-difference vision-testing game, the widely downloaded app ranked above Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video in Apple’s charts this … Read more
Netflix registered its third-consecutive quarter of accelerating subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023, closing out a comeback year that included a crackdown on viewers freeloading on the video-streaming service and a smattering of price hikes. The fourth-quarter results announced Tuesday provided further evidence that Netflix was able to come up with a … Read more
The best motivational song of all time is Kanye West’s “Stronger” – with rock anthem “Eye of the Tiger” only securing fourth spot, research has found. An analysis of the 65 most popular motivational playlists, on Spotify and Apple Music, was carried out, to determine which track made the most appearances. And “Stronger”, which was … Read more
