Leftovers

• Hackaday ☛ A Throne For LEGO Baron Harkonnen

  If you’re both a LEGO and a Dune fan, unless you’ve been living in a cave on Mars with your eyes shut and fingers in your ears, you’re probably aware that LEGO released a set for the royal Atreides ornithopter. The blades flap and everything. Anyway, it comes with several minifigures, including one that doesn’t quite fit with the others — a full-length Baron Harkonnen.

• Hackaday ☛ CW Not Hard Enough? Try This Tiny Paddle

  For a long time, a Morse code proficiency was required to obtain an amateur radio license in many jurisdictions around the world, which was a much higher bar of entry than most new hams have to pass. Morse, or continuous wave (CW) is a difficult skill to master, and since the requirement has been dropped from most licensing requirements few radio operators pick up this skill anymore. But if you like a challenge, and Morse itself isn’t hard enough for you, you might want to try out this extremely small Morse paddle.

• Science

  • France24 ☛ 'Dark Oxygen' in depths of Pacific Ocean prompts new theories on life's origins

    Scientists have discovered that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean. These polymetallic nodules, generating electricity like AA batteries, challenge the belief that only photosynthetic organisms create oxygen, potentially altering our understanding of how life began on Earth.

• Hardware

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Ancient CRT monitor hits astonishing 700Hz — resolution reduced to just 120p to reach extraordinary refresh rate

    A retro gaming enthusiast YouTube channel has overclocked an ancient CRT monitor to a whopping 700Hz using nothing more than the Nvidia Control Panel.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Nvidia preparing a China-focused variant of its B200 Blackwell Hey Hi (AI) GPU to comply with US export regulations

    Nvidia is reportedly preparing a China-focused variant of its Blackwell B200 Hey Hi (AI) GPU, dubbed the B20. This will inevitably require some serious alterations and modifications to comply with U.S. export restrictions, which effectively cap performance at around 600 TFLOPS FP8 — the standard B200 is about 7.5 times that fast.

  • Hackaday ☛ Making A Solid State 6AK8 Tube

    [M Caldeira] had a project in mind: replacing a common vacuum tube with a solid-state equivalent. The tube in question was an EABC80 or 6AK8 triple diode triode. The key was identifying a high-voltage FET and building it, along with some other components, into a tube base to make a plug-in replacement for the tube. You can see a video about the project below.

  • Silicon Angle ☛ NXP Semiconductor’s stock falls on weak outlook

    Shares of NXP Semiconductors N.V. were trending lower in late trading today after the chipmaker provided an earnings and revenue outlook that disappointed investors. That came after it posted second-quarter results that fell more or less in line with analysts’ estimates.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Intel finally announces a solution for CPU crashing and instability problems — claims elevated voltages are the root cause; patch coming by mid-August [Updated]

    Intel announced that elevated voltages are the culprit behind the crashing errors with its overclockable processors.

  • Silicon Angle ☛ Intel says patch is coming to fix processor instability problem plaguing gamers for months

    Chipmaker defective chip maker Intel Corp. says it has finally identified the cause of the widespread instability issues that have plagued its 13th and 14th Gen Core processors.

  • Hackaday ☛ Mechanical Intelligence And Counterfeit Humanity

    It would seem fair to say that the second half of last century up till the present day has been firmly shaped by our relation with technology and that of computers in particular. From the bulking behemoths at universities, to microcomputers at home, to today’s smartphones, smart homes and ever-looming compute cloud, we all have a relationship with computers in some form. One aspect of computers which has increasingly become underappreciated, however, is that the less we see them as physical objects, the more we seem inclined to accept them as humans. This is the point which [Harry R. Lewis] argues in a recent article in Harvard Magazine.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Latvia ☛ Children's hospital to offer free feminine hygiene products

    The Children's Clinical University Hospital (BKUS) has started providing free feminine hygiene products. For the time being, special boxes with hygiene products will be placed in the bathrooms of several wards, but the plan is to eventually place them throughout the hospital, BKUS said in a statement on July 22.

  • Latvia ☛ Public invited to help clean up Latvia's lakes and the Baltic Sea

    Latvia's public clean-up organization, 'Lielā Talka' has announced a campaign that starts July 22 dedicated to the health of the Baltic Sea.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Historic Hong Kong tofu brand admits importing bean curd from China after food safety checks expose origin

    A century-old Hong Kong fermented tofu brand has admitted that its bean curd was not made locally but came from mainland China after failed food safety checks thrust the company into the spotlight.

  • Hackaday ☛ Small Mammals Appear To Have A Secret Infrared Sense

    If you’ve ever watched Predator, you’ve noted the tactical advantage granted to the alien warrior by its heat vision. Indeed, even with otherwise solid camoflauge, Dutch and his squad ended up very much the hunted.

  • Latvia ☛ Latvia's oddest museums: RSU Anatomy Museum, Rīga

    The big-name museums in the capitals of Europe are some of the prime tourist draws of the continent, and contain infinite revelations and treasures. But sometimes it’s hard not to feel you’re getting a country as it wants to be seen – or at the very least, a narrative that represents how a small number of influential people have decided to see it at that moment.

  • Science Alert ☛ Game-Changing Drug Access Could Help End HIV Pandemic, Says UNAIDS

    "Gilead has an opportunity to save the world."

  • Science Alert ☛ The True Extent of Long COVID Is Still Emerging – But Here's What We Know

    The most studied condition in any 4 years of history.

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • Mortal Kombat Developer NetherRealm Hit With Layoffs - News

    Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios has been hit with layoffs.

    NetherRealm Studios Quality Assurance Analyst Tony Lazzara in a post on LinkedIn stated the entire mobile team at the studio has been laid off.

    "Unfortunately, yesterday Netherrealm’s mobile team was shut down," said Lazzara. "A ton of very talented people were put out of work. We had live services on multiple titles such as Mortal Kombat Mobile, Injustice 2, and Mortal Kombat Onslaught.

  • Computer Weekly ☛ Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

    After more than 20 years, what is now referred to as the Post Office Horizon scandal has become headline news.

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Scoop News Group ☛ FCC, Tracfone Wireless reach $16M cyber and privacy settlement

      The agency’s settlement with the prepaid phone provider, which CyberScoop is first to report, is the first ever to specify API protections.

    • Silicon Angle ☛ EU finds that Meta’s ad-free tier may be in breach of consumer protection rules

      The European Union has informed Meta Platforms Inc. that the ad-free version of Facebook (Farcebook) and Instagram may breach the bloc’s consumer protection laws. The CPC Network, a group of EU-based consumer protection agencies, notified the company of the development in a letter sent today.

    • Press Gazette ☛ Advertising Association claims industry is a force for good [Ed: No, it's by definition about misleading and harming people's minds]

      The UK’s £37bn advertising industry is a force for good, according to a new report from the Advertising Association. Alessandra Bellini, President of the Advertising Association, said: “The brilliant examples of advertising’s social contribution in this report clearly demonstrate the positive impact that advertising can have on society.”

    • EFF ☛ Why Privacy Badger Opts You Out of Google’s “Privacy Sandbox”

      The latest update of Privacy Badger opts users out of ad tracking through Google’s “Privacy Sandbox.” 

      Privacy Sandbox is Google’s way of letting advertisers keep targeting ads based on your online behavior without using third-party cookies. Third-party cookies were once the most common form of online tracking technology, but major browsers, like Safari and Firefox, started blocking them several years ago. After pledging to eventually do the same for Chrome in 2020, and after several delays, today Google backtracked on its privacy promise, announcing that third-party cookies are here to stay. Notably, Google Chrome continues to lag behind other browsers in terms of default protections against online tracking.

• Defence/Aggression

  • New York Times ☛ Middle East Crisis: Israeli Forces Strike in Humanitarian Zone; Scores Reported Killed

    The Israeli military warned Gazans to leave part of what it had previously designated as a relatively safe area in Khan Younis, saying Hamas had launched rockets from there.

  • New York Times ☛ China is hosting talks between the two main Palestinian factions, but expectations are low.

  • RFA ☛ Second Thomas Shoal: deal or no deal?

    Beijing, Manila give contradictory information on what was agreed over the disputed reef in the South China Sea.

  • RFA ☛ Interview: Beijing reaction to Hong Kong protests 'tragedy' for city's autonomy

    Former U.S. consul general rejects China's claim that Washington was a 'hostile force' behind the movement.

  • JURIST ☛ China and Philippines reach agreement on resupply missions to warship in disputed South China Sea

    The government of the Philippines issued a statement on Sunday announcing that the state and China have reached an agreement regarding the Philippines’ routine rotation and resupply missions to a breached ship located in the disputed South China Sea.

  • RFA ☛ Philippine President Marcos bans offshore gaming operations allegedly linked to crime

    The Philippine leader also says Manila will not yield in its South China Sea dispute with Beijing

  • RFA ☛ Photos: Curfew mostly empties Dhaka’s streets following days of violence

    Military, police maintain patrols to keep people inside their homes.

  • JURIST ☛ US court jails Marine who performed Nazi salute during 2021 Capitol attack

    The US District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced a former Marine Tyler Dykes on Friday to nearly five years in prison for assaulting police officers during the January 6 Capitol attack. On top of the imprisonment, Dykes received another 36 months of supervised release and a $22,000 fine.

  • RFERL ☛ Iran's Revolutionary Guards Intercept UAE-Managed Tanker

    Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have intercepted a Togo-flagged, UAE-managed tanker carrying 1,500 tons of marine gas oil, British security firm Ambrey said on July 22.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 2 border checkpoints to adopt new ‘joint’ immigration clearance measures, Hong Kong’s security chief says

    Two checkpoints on Hong Kong’s border with Shenzhen will adopt a new immigration clearance mode after their redevelopment is completed, Hong Kong’s security chief Chris Tang has said. Speaking on Metro Broadcast on Sunday,

  • France24 ☛ Bangladesh PM Hasina says opposition to blame for deadly unrest, maintains curfew

    Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said a curfew imposed last week following days of clashes between protesters and security forces would be lifted when the situation improved. Days of student-led protests that turned deadly prompted the government to shut down internet services, impose a curfew and deploy the army. A top court on Sunday agreed to scrap many of the proposed quotas after at least 147 people were confirmed dead in the violence.

  • France24 ☛ ‘Empty streets’: Paris restaurants struggle amid Olympic security

    Paris restaurant owners had hoped to see a boom in business as crowds flocked to the city for this summer’s Olympic Games, but instead many along the French capital’s River Seine have been left virtually empty. The reason, owners say, is a police security perimeter that is keeping visitors away.

  • France24 ☛ Security tightened for Israel's Olympic delegation in Paris amid Gaza tensions

    French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné said on Monday that the "Israeli delegation is welcome in France", adding that the call by a far-left lawmaker for the country's exclusion from the Games over the weekend had been "irresponsible and dangerous".

  • New York Times ☛ Far Right Spreads Baseless Claims About Biden’s Whereabouts

    President Biden, who has been sidelined with Covid, is set to address the nation this week.

  • RFERL ☛ Jailed Former Daghestani Minister Reportedly Hospitalized After Suicide Attempt

    The former sports minister of the Russian North Caucasus region of Daghestan, Magomed Magomedov, was hospitalized over the weekend with what local media reports said were self-inflicted cuts after he attempted suicide in a Moscow detention center.

  • France24 ☛ 'We are ready', Macron says as France gears up for Paris Olympics amid tight security

    President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France was ready to host the Paris Olympics as he visited the Athletes' Village four days before the Games begin. The opening ceremony on the River Seine will signal the official start of the Paris Games on Friday, July 26.

  • Hackaday ☛ Reviewing Nuclear Accidents: Separating Fact From Fiction

    Few types of accidents speak as much to the imagination as those involving nuclear fission. From the unimaginable horrors of the nuclear bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, to the fever-pitch reporting about the accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, all of these have resulted in many descriptions and visualizations which are merely imaginative flights of fancy, with no connection to physical reality. Due to radiation being invisible with the naked eye and the interpretation of radiation measurements in popular media generally restricted to the harrowing noise from a Geiger counter, the reality of nuclear power accidents in said media has become diluted and often replaced with half-truths and outright lies that feed strongly into fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Meduza ☛ Charting new routes Why is the Kremlin prepared to shell out billions of dollars for a railway in Iran? — Meduza

• Environment

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan curtails annual war games as Typhoon Gaemi barrels towards island

    Taiwan curtailed its annual Han Kuang war games on Tuesday as Typhoon Gaemi barrelled towards the island, and is expected to bring strong winds and torrential rain.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Latvia ☛ Cycling bridge collapses in Bieriņi, Rīga

      The Bieriņi neighborhood of Riga reported on Facebook (Farcebook) Sunday that a bridge used by pedestrians and cyclists to get from Mārupe to Riga has collapsed.

• Finance

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s central bank cuts key interest rates to boost lending, kickstart economic growth

    By Peter Catterall China’s central bank on Monday cut two benchmark interest rates in a bid to boost lending and kickstart growth in the world’s second-largest economy.

  • New York Times ☛ Founder of Kakao, South Korean Tech Giant, Arrested Over K-Pop Deal

    Kim Beom-Su, the billionaire behind Kakao, was taken into custody on Tuesday on allegations of stock manipulation during a bidding war over a major K-pop agency.

  • The Straits Times ☛ 1MDB fugitive Low must forfeit his mother’s trio of ‘flawless’ diamonds

    A judge ruled that the diamonds were purchased in the looting of billions from the Malaysian fund.

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ Finance minister: Mexico ‘must produce more’ amid growing trade deficit with China

    Mexico is also considering a change to its foreign investment policy that could limit Chinese investment in some sectors.

  • RFA ☛ Xi Jinping vows to boost security, strengthen Communist Party control over economy

    Party leadership and national security are the key to ensuring economic success, his directive says.

  • Latvia ☛ Banks hesitant to reestablish regional branches in Latvia

    Access to financial services for individuals and businesses is a priority for the Latvian Central Bank (Bank of Latvia). One of its proposals is to return bank branches to small towns, but banks are skeptical about this, Latvian Radio reported on July 22.

  • Latvia ☛ Latvians got frequently scammed in first half of year

    Customers of Latvia's four largest banks were defrauded of €9.5 million in the first six months of this year, 86% more than in the first half of last year, Latvian Radio reported on July 21, referring to Finance Latvia Association's data.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • CS Monitor ☛ In Malaysia, royal families take turns on the throne. This king rides a motorbike.

    Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar was officially installed on July 20 under a unique system where nine ethnic Malay state rulers take turns as Malaysia’s king. The 65-year-old monarch from southern Johor state is outspoken about Malaysian politics and corruption.

  • New York Times ☛ After Harris Declines, Senator Will Preside at Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress

    An aide to Vice President Kamala Harris said she had a scheduling conflict but would meet with the Israeli prime minister this week.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Following focus on security, Hong Kong should take ‘credible steps’ to maintain openness, EU envoy says

    Hong Kong should take “credible steps” to maintain its economic uniqueness and rule of law after focusing on security over the past four years, the European Union’s outgoing envoy has said. Thomas Gnocchi, head of the European Union office to Hong Kong and Macau, was posted to Hong Kong in September 2020.

  • JURIST ☛ Pakistan lodges complaint with Germany after protesters break into Frankfurt consulate and take down national flag

    Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that Pakistan had lodged a complaint with the German government in the wake of yesterday’s attack by a “gang of extremists” on the Pakistani Consulate in Frankfurt.

  • RFA ☛ Facebookers fined, warned about posting information about Nguyen Phu Trong

    They were disciplined under a decree that the government uses to control online content.

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • RFA ☛ Did the BillBC report that China abused aliens on the moon?

      Verdict: False

    • RFA ☛ Propaganda video warns North Koreans not to watch South Korean media

      The video shows footage of people being sentenced to life imprisonment for their ‘anti-socialist’ crimes

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • The Straits Times ☛ North Korean state media weighs in on U.S. election

    SEOUL - North Korean state media on Tuesday criticized the United States for its elections and cast doubt over hopes of dialogue in the future regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential race in November.

  • Reason ☛ Nina Jankowicz's Libel Lawsuit Against Fox News Network Dismissed by Federal Judge

    The judge concludes Fox's statements about Jankowicz's plans as Executive Director of the DHS Disinformation Governance Board, and the circumstances of her leaving the position, were constitutionally protected opinion—and, even if they were viewed as factual assertions, were substantially true.

  • EFF ☛ Supreme Court Dodges Key Question in Murthy v. Missouri and Dismisses Case for Failing to Connect The Government’s Communication to Specific Platform Moderation

    As we have written before, the First Amendment forbids the government from coercing a private entity to censor, whether the coercion is direct or subtle. This has been an important principle in countering efforts to threaten and pressure intermediaries like bookstores and credit card processors to limit others’ speech. But not every communication to an intermediary about users’ speech is unconstitutional; indeed, some are beneficial—for example, platforms often reach out to government actors they perceive as authoritative sources of information.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • BIA Net ☛ Journalists are on the target and have no legal security anymore!

    The judiciary is remaining passive in the face of threats directed at television commentators and other journalists, particularly from nationalist circles. Efforts to combat crimes against journalists are being hindered due to the judiciary's inactive stance.

  • Press Gazette ☛ City AM signs content sharing deal with Reach and brings back familiar face as editor

    Christian May returns as editor-in-chief after four years away.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Telegraph sale: Mail owner exits race, Nadhim Zahawi ‘plots £600m bid’

    Former Tory Chancellor said to be in talks with billionaire backers.

  • Press Gazette ☛ ‘The hardest thing to put together’: Inside election night at the UK’s biggest broadcasters

    Broadcasters faced glitching cameras, an early election and, in one case, not having a studio.

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ ArcelorMittal steelworks strike in Michoacán ends after 55 days

    Union workers began blocking the steel plant on May 28 due to disagreements over profit-sharing payments.

  • CS Monitor ☛ Legislating compassion: From bullfighting bans to domestic violence protections

    Progress roundup: Same-sex marriage, domestic violence protections, and a ban on bullfighting become laws in Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Colombia.

  • JURIST ☛ Colombia president apologizes for corruption scandal while opening new Congressional session

    Colombia President Gustavo Petro apologized Saturday for a corruption scandal involving the National Disaster Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) as he inaugurated a new session of Congress. During the opening of the 2024-2025 congressional term, Petro also stressed that his administration would reintroduce the health reform bill and pursue changes to labor laws.

  • JURIST ☛ Nigeria court orders electoral commission to hold governors accountable for election violence

    Nigeria’s Federal High Court in Abuja has delivered a judgment ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute state governors and others for electoral violence, bribery, vote buying, and collusion in the 2023 general elections, as reported by local media.

  • RFERL ☛ Georgian Opposition Lawmakers Challenge 'Foreign Agent' Law In Constitutional Court

    32 opposition lawmakers in Georgia said on July 22 that they signed a lawsuit challenging with the Constitutional Court the controversial law on foreign agents pushed through parliament by the ruling Georgian Dream party and adopted in May-June despite a presidential veto and weeks of protests.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Unified Patents ☛ Unified Patents represented at WIPO Assemblies 2024

  Jonathan Stroud, General Counsel of Unified Patents, joined others as a panelist at an event hosted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) during the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO 2024.

• Patents

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ The Shift Towards Primary Examiners: Implications for Patent Prosecution

    In recent years, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has undergone a significant shift in its examiner composition, with real implications for patent monopoly prosecution strategies.

    Our data reveals a dramatic drop in the percentage of assistant examiners over the past decade. Prior to 2015, over 35% of patents were examined by assistant examiners. Since 2020, this number has plummeted to less than 20%. But these assistant examiners did not simply disappear. For the most part, they rose in rank and became primary examiners.   In other words, examiners are staying with the USPTO longer, and the office appears to be successfully identifying and hiring potential examiners who are both capable and committed to longer-term careers at the USPTO. Good stuff!

  • Unified Patents ☛ Patent Dispute Report: 2024 Mid-Year Report

    Patent litigation in the United States showed an upward trend in the first half of 2024, with non-practicing entity (NPE) filings increasing significantly compared to the same period in 2023. The Eastern District of Texas remained the top venue for patent monopoly cases, while the Western District of Texas maintained its position as the second most popular district for NPEs despite changes in case assignment rules. The District of Delaware saw a continued decline in NPE filings due to heightened transparency requirements.

  • Kangaroo Courts

    • Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ UPC’s first ruling on an infringement action by the Paris local division [Ed: These are illegal, unconstitutional kangaroo courts, cheered on by patent extremists and the litigation microcosm]

      Just over a year after the UPC Agreement came into force, the Paris local division handed down UPC’s first decision on an infringement action. Unfortunately for the patentee, the court dismissed his action, ruling that the patent monopoly invoked was null and void.

    • Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ First Lessons on Validity before the UPC [Ed: Illegal and fake "courts" - a stain on the EU and showing that EPO corruption has spread deep into the injustice system]

      The first decisions by the Central Division Munich, the Local Division Paris and the Local Division Düsseldorf adjudging a patent’s validity in main proceedings are now out. Taken together, they confirm the initial favourable impression from applications for provisional measures   and demonstrate that this Court is fully up to task.

    • JUVE ☛ Paris central division confirms Edwards patent monopoly in heart-valve dispute with Meril [Ed: UPC is illegal and unconstitutional; it should not judge patents at all and must not even exist]

      In the end, it was an auxiliary request from Edwards Lifesciences that made the difference. The Paris central division issued its first revocation judgment late on Friday and confirmed Edwards Lifesciences’ important EP 3 646 825 (case IDs: UPC_CFI_255/2023 and UPC_CFI_15/2023). The patent monopoly protects a system comprising a prosthetic heart-valve and catheter.

• Trademarks

  • TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Section 2(d) Likelihood of Confusion Appeals Turn Out?

    So far this year, the rate of TTAB affirmance of Section 2(d) refusals is a stunning 94%. Here are three recent TTAB decisions in Section 2(d) appeals. How do you think they came out? [Answers in first comment.]

    In re Creative Systems and Design, LLC, Serial No. 97340379 (July 12, 2024) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Robert Lavache) [Section 2(d) refusal of the mark QUANTEX for "Hand tools, namely, ratchet wrenches, sockets, extensions, drive tools, socket sets, open end wrenches, combination wrenches, adjustable wrenches, pipe wrenches, screwdrivers, nut drivers, hex drivers, torque wrenches, and hand drills," in view of the registered mark shown below, for "Electric lamps; Headlights for automobiles; Lamps; LED light assemblies for street lights, signs, commercial lighting, automobiles, buildings, and other architectural uses; LED light bulbs; Light bulbs for directional signals for vehicles; Lighting apparatus, namely, lighting installations; Lights for vehicles; Lighting apparatus for vehicles."]

• Copyrights

  • Digital Music News ☛ SoundExchange Files Missing-Payments Suit Against AccuRadio, Seeking Owed Royalties, An Injunction, and More

    Chicago-based internet radio platform AccuRadio is facing an unpaid-royalties lawsuit from SoundExchange. SoundExchange, the entity tasked with collecting U.S. recording royalties for non-interactive digital platforms, just recently submitted the complaint to an Illinois federal court.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Judge Refuses to Toss SoundExchange vs. SiriusXM — But Agrees to Shift the Action to New York

    A judge denies SiriusXM’s request to toss SoundExchange’s $150 million unpaid royalties lawsuit, but agrees on a change of venue to NYC.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Kobalt, Prescription Songs, and Others Sue More Than a Dozen NBA Teams for Alleged Copyright Infringement on a ‘Variety of Consumer-Facing Platforms’

    Another day, another social control media infringement lawsuit – or more specifically lawsuits, which have been submitted by music publishers including Kobalt against more than a dozen NBA teams. Those publisher plaintiffs, among them APG, Notting Hill Music, and Dr. Luke’s Prescription Songs, just recently fired off the straightforward infringement actions.