Leftovers

• Fabio Alessandro Locati: On Out of Office emails

  This summer, I found myself multiple times reading out-of-office emails. Actually, this is not a new phenomenon: it has happened every summer since I started working. Obviously, it also happens outside the summer, but it is far easier to notice it during the summer.

  I think the majority of people should not configure an out-of-office replyer.

  By recipient Many people might write to you and receive an out-of-office email if you have set up an out-of-office replayer.

• Hackaday ☛ The Macintosh Plus Sounds Great If You Do Exactly This With It

  The Macintosh Plus is not exactly known as particularly relevant in the worlds of chiptune or electronic music more broadly. That’s not to say it can’t do anything that sounds cool, however. As [Action Retro] demonstrates,  it’s got some really impressive tricks up its sleeve if you know what you’re doing.

• Hackaday ☛ Experimenting With Interference On Thin Layers

  [Stoppi] has taken on a fascinating project involving the interference of thin layers, a phenomenon often observed in everyday life but rarely explored in such depth. This project delves into the principles of interference, particularly focusing on how light waves interact with very thin films, like those seen in soap bubbles or oil slicks. The post is in German, but you can easily translate it using online tools.

• Science

  • New York Times ☛ Dismantling the Ship That Drilled for the Ocean’s Deepest Secrets

    The JOIDES Resolution, which for decades was key to advancing the understanding of the Earth and its innards, concluded what could be its final scientific expedition.

  • New York Times ☛ SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission: Why a Billionaire Is Risking a Spacewalk

    Jared Isaacman is leading three other privately trained astronauts on a SpaceX vehicle for Polaris Dawn, a mission that will include a daring spacewalk.

  • Science Alert ☛ What Is This Mysterious Golden Orb Found at The Bottom of The Ocean?

    "It's like the beginning of a horror movie."

  • Science Alert ☛ Stunning Astronomical Observatory Unearthed in Ancient Egypt

    Just amazing.

• Hardware

  • CNX Software ☛ Microchip LAN887x industrial single-pair gigabit Ethernet transceivers can communicate over 40 meters of cable

    Microchip has released the LAN887x family of single-pair gigabit Ethernet transceivers adding to their line of Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) devices. This new family of transceivers supports 100BASE-T1(compliant with IEEE 802bw-2015) and 1000BASE-T1(compliant with IEEE 802.3bp) network speeds and can handle extended cable lengths up to 40 meters. They also integrate time-sensitive networking (TSN) protocols and comply with ISO 26262 functional safety standards. Additionally, they can operate in low-power mode with features like EtherGREEN technology and OPEN Alliance TC10 sleep mode. All these features make this IC useful for applications such as automotive, industrial, avionics, robotics, and automation fields. Microchip previously released the LAN8770 100BASE-T1 Ethernet PHY Transceiver which has a max cable length of 15 meters for UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cable and 40 meters for STP (Shielded Twisted Pair) cable.

  • CNX Software ☛ Renesas RRH62000 multi-sensor indoor air quality monitoring module features particle, VOC, and gas sensors

    Renesas Electronics has introduced the RRH62000, a compact multi-sensor module for indoor air quality monitoring. It integrates particle detection, VOC, and gas sensing with an onboard Renesas MCU for sensor management. The module is designed for use in air purifiers, smoke detectors, HVAC systems, weather stations, and smart home devices.

  • Hackaday ☛ Fast 3D Printing With A Polar, Four Quadrant Custom Machine

    3D printing is all well and good for making low numbers of units, so long as they’re small enough to print in a reasonable time, but what if you want to go really big? Does a 35-hour print time sound like a fun time? Would it even make it that long? [Nathan] from Nathan Build Robots didn’t fancy the wait, so they embarked on a project to build a huge parallel 3D printer with four independent print heads. Well, kind of.

  • Hackaday ☛ Robots Collaborate To Localize Themselves Precisely

    Here’s the thing about robots. It’s hard for them to figure out where to go or what they should be doing if they don’t know where they are. Giving them some method of localization is key to their usefulness in almost any task you can imagine. To that end, [Guy Elmakis], [Matan Coronel] and [David Zarrouk] have been working on methods for pairs of robots to help each other in this regard.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • New York Times ☛ Why California Is Considering Banning Food Dyes in Schools

    Concerns about their risks have been swirling for years. Here’s what the science suggests.

  • New York Times ☛ Polio Vaccines Arrive in Gaza, but Distributing Them Is the Next Challenge

    UNICEF is pushing for a pause in the fighting to allow health workers to get two doses to every child, after Gaza recorded its first polio case in 25 years.

  • MIT Technology Review ☛ Maybe you will be able to live past 122

    The UK’s Office of National Statistics has an online life expectancy calculator. Enter your age and sex, and the website will, using national averages, spit out the age at which you can expect to pop your clogs. For me, that figure is coming out at 88 years old.

  • Latvia ☛ Summer Coronavirus cases continue to spread in Latvia

    An increase in the incidence of Covid-19 has been observed in Latvia this summer and currently, both the spread and the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients continue to grow, Jurijs Perevoščikovs, epidemiologist of the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC), said in an interview on the LTV program Morning Panorama August 26.

  • Pro Publica ☛ The Closing of School 10: Falling Enrollment After the Pandemic

    In the 1990s, when Liberia descended into civil war, the Kpor family fled to Ivory Coast. A few years later, in 1999, they were approved for resettlement in the United States and ended up in Rochester, New York. Janice Kpor, who was 11 at the time, jokingly wonders whether her elders were under the impression that they were moving to New York City. What she remembers most about their arrival is the trees: It was May, yet many were only just starting to bud. “It was, like, ‘Where are we?’” she said. “It was completely different.”

    But the Kpors adapted and flourished. Janice lived with her father in an affordable-housing complex close to other family members, and she attended the city’s public schools before enrolling in St. John Fisher University, just outside the city, where she got a bachelor’s degree in sociology and African American studies. She found work as a social service case manager and eventually started running a group home for disabled adults.

  • Federal News Network ☛ Veterans Affairs updates its database for burn pit research

    As it treats veterans exposed to the hazards of burn pits, the Veterans Health Administration is also trying to better understand the burn pit phenomenon.

  • CS Monitor ☛ Helping kids find a balance with smartphone use

    Smartphones are ubiquitous for modern teens. Parents, including this reporter, are wrestling with how to best help kids create healthy relationships with their devices and each other.

  • Science Alert ☛ Your Constipation Could Be Having a Serious Impact on Your Heart

    Stay regular.

  • Science Alert ☛ This 'Holy Grail' Protein Repairs DNA And Could Lead to a Cancer Vaccine

    Found in space-resistant bacteria.

  • Science Alert ☛ Cannabis Revealed to Have Anti-Aging Effect in The Brains of Mice

    A new basis for a cognition-boosting drug?

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • JURIST ☛ France president: Telegram CEO arrested following judicial inquiry, not for political motives

    French President Emanuel Macron said Monday that the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on French territory was not a political decision but a part of an ongoing judicial investigation.

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Security Week ☛ Uber to Appeal €290 Million GDPR Fine

      The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €290 million ($320 million) for driver data transfer practices that allegedly violate GDPR.

    • Silicon Angle ☛ Netherlands fines Uber €290M for breaching EU’s GDPR privacy regulation

      The Netherlands’ privacy watchdog today issued a fine of €290 million, or about $324 million, to Uber Technologies Inc. over its data management practices. The decision relates to a regulatory framework called the EU-US Privacy Shield that was struck down by a court in 2020.

• Defence/Aggression

  • Defence Web ☛ Man killed by suspected unexploded ordnance in Mpumalanga

    What is believed to be an unexploded mortar led to the death of a Mpumalanga man at the weekend.

  • RFERL ☛ Militants Kill 37 People In Pakistan's Restive Balochistan Province

    Pakistani officials say at least 37 people have been killed in several apparently coordinated attacks in the southwestern Balochistan Province, where security forces have long struggled against sectarian, separatist, and ethnic violence.

  • RFERL ☛ Iran Says Israel 'Lost Deterrent Power' After Hizballah Attack

    Israel has reportedly launched new strikes at Hizballah, which has been designated at terrorist organization by the United States, just inside Lebanon a day after a heavy exchange of missile and drone attacks between the two foes that Iran claimed showed a shift in the balance of power.

  • RFA ☛ North Korea unveils new 'suicide drones,' calls for more

    Among two types of drones revealed, one resembles those used in Russia.

  • RFA ☛ New sushi outlet bucks anti-Japanese trend in Beijing

    Diners ignore safety fears to line up for hours to sample cut-price sushi at a new branch of Sushiro.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Japan scrambles fighter jets after China aircraft ‘violates’ airspace, ministry says

    Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese military aircraft “violated” Japanese airspace, the defence ministry said Monday. A Chinese aircraft was “confirmed to have violated the territorial airspace off the Danjo Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture,” the ministry said in a statement, adding it had launched “fighter jets on an emergency basis”.

  • New York Times ☛ Chinese Military Plane Breaches Japanese Airspace, a First

    The territorial violation by China is the latest in a series of events amplifying tensions between Beijing and Japan.

  • RFA ☛ Philippines, China clash near disputed shoal in South China Sea

    Manila said its fishery vessel was on a humanitarian mission to Sabina Shoal when rammed by a Chinese ship.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese, Philippine ships collide near flashpoint shoal in disputed South China Sea

    By Isabel Kua China’s coast guard said it rescued Filipino “personnel” who fell overboard Sunday after a Philippine vessel collided with one of its ships near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines slammed China’s claims as “completely unfounded”.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong civil servant denied residency in Taiwan over ‘security risks’ suspended from job – reports

    A Hong Kong civil servant who mounted a legal challenge against Taiwan authorities’ decision to deny him residency has apparently disappeared from a directory of government employees, with local media citing sources to report that he had been suspended from his post.

  • Defence Web ☛ PLAN hospital ship and SAMHS join forces for humanitarian exercise in SA

    The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) hospital ship Peace Ark is presently in Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred basin with Chinese medical personnel working alongside their SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) counterparts providing a variety of medical services aboard and ashore.

  • NYPost ☛ Alleged Chinese agent spied on fellow pro-democracy activists in NYC for communist party: feds

    Federal authorities say Yuanjun Tang, a Queens resident, spied on Chinese dissidents in New York City.

  • New York Times ☛ China to Hold Live-Fire Drills Near War-Torn Myanmar’s

    Beijing likely wants to signal to Myanmar’s junta leaders that they should return to peace talks and de-escalate the conflict, analysts said.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Latvia ☛ Latvian journalist among injured in Ukraine after latest Russian attacks

      Four journalists, including one from Latvia, were injured in an attack by Russian forces on a hotel in Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on the night of Sunday, August 25, the Rīga-based Meduza independent Russian media channel reports.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvia and Ukraine team up on cyber security

      Latvia and Ukraine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of cyber security, the Ministry of Defense said August 24.

    • France24 ☛ US condemns 'outrageous' Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine power grid

      The United States voiced outrage Monday at a major Russian assault on Ukraine's power grid and vowed sustained support for Kyiv. Russia launched more than 200 attack drones and missiles at Ukraine Monday, killing at least five people and striking energy facilities nationwide, officials said. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.

    • France24 ☛ British member of Reuters team killed in Russian strike on hotel in east Ukraine

      A  safety adviser for the Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine was killed and two colleagues were hospitalised after a Russian strike on a hotel where the news agency's group was staying in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the agency said on Sunday.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania, Taiwan fund reconstruction of kindergarten in Ukraine’s Borodyanka

      A newly renovated kindergarten in Borodyanka, a war-torn town near Kyiv, has opened its doors on Saturday, the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency (CPMA) has said.

    • RFA ☛ Did BlackRock forbid Ukraine from burying deceased soldiers?

      Verdict: False

    • RFERL ☛ Slovakia Revokes Temporary Protective Status For Pro-Russian Ukrainian Politician

      The Slovak Interior Ministry has canceled the temporary protective status it granted to Artem Marchevskiy, a close associate of pro-Russia Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk.

    • RFERL ☛ Modi Discusses Ukraine Visit With Biden

      Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on August 26 about his visit to Ukraine as the White House voiced hope that he embraced Kyiv's view on ending Russia's invasion.

    • RFERL ☛ Poland Says Russian Drone Likely Entered Its Airspace During Attack On Ukraine

      Poland said that a drone had likely entered its airspace early on August 26 during a Russian bombardment of Ukraine, adding that the object may have landed on Polish territory and that searches were under way.

    • RFERL ☛ UN Nuclear Agency Chief Says He's Heading To Kursk Plant On August 26

      UN nuclear agency head Rafael Grossi said he will visit Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant on August 26, weeks after Ukraine launched a surprise counteroffensive in the region.

    • RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy Pleads With Allies For 'Decisive Action' After Massive Russian Attack

      President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Ukraine's global allies to take "decisive action" after Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv and other cities across the country that damaged vital utilities.

    • RFERL ☛ Lawmaker Dmytruk Flees Ukraine, Apparently To Avoid Investigation

      Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigations said on August 25 that it had launched a probe into an illegal border-crossing by a lawmaker who fled the country after he was informed he was suspected of attacking citizens.

    • Security Week ☛ French Authorities Arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris Airport, French Media Report

      French media reported that the warrant for Durov was issued by France at the request of the special unit at the country’s interior ministry in charge of investigating crimes against minors.

    • New York Times ☛ Telegram Turmoil Threatens Chronicle of Russia’s War in Ukraine

      The detention of Telegram’s founder has highlighted the messaging app’s outsized status in Europe’s deadliest war since World War II.

    • New York Times ☛ Russia Pounds Ukraine With ‘One of the Largest Strikes’ of the War

      President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned an assault of more than 200 missiles and drones that ranged from Kyiv to Odesa to Ukraine’s West. Energy infrastructure was again a target.

    • New York Times ☛ Reuters Safety Adviser Killed and 2 Journalists Injured in Strike on Ukraine Hotel

      Reuters said that a safety adviser working with the journalists was killed, and that two other members of its team were wounded after a hotel in eastern Ukraine was hit in a strike on Saturday.

    • France24 ☛ 🔴Live: Biden condemns 'outrageous' Russian attack on Ukraine power grid

      US President Joe Biden denounced an "outrageous" Russian assault on Ukraine's power grid Monday, vowing Moscow would "never succeed" in its ongoing war and pledging continued support to Kyiv.

    • Meduza ☛ Russia pounds Ukrainian cities with over 100 missiles and dozens of drones in response to Kyiv’s cross-border offensive — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Kursk share their views on the largest incursion into Russian territory since the start of the war — Meduza

    • LRT ☛ Aviabaltika banned from operating at Kaunas airport over national security concerns

      Aviabaltika, an aviation MRO services provider previously owned by Russian citizen Yuri Borisov and deemed incompatible with Lithuania’s national security interests, has been temporarily banned from using its leased state land and buildings at Kaunas Airport.

    • RFERL ☛ French President Says Arrest Of Telegram CEO Was Not A Political Decision

      French President Emmanuel Macron said on August 26 that the arrest of Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was not political.

    • RFERL ☛ 88 Russian, 8 Belarusian Athletes To Compete As Neutrals In Paris Paralympics

      The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced onAugust 26 that 88 Russian competitors will take part under a neutral banner at the Paris Paralympics.

    • RFERL ☛ Explosion In Siberia Causes Fire At Russia's Largest Oil Refinery

      Several Telegram channels reported on August 26 that a major explosion rocked Russia's largest oil refinery sparking a fire at the facility.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian Officials Reportedly Told To Delete Work Messages From Telegram

      Russian officials have reportedly been instructed to delete all work correspondence from the messaging application Telegram after its founder, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France.

    • CS Monitor ☛ Why military ‘drone swarms’ raise ethical concerns in future wars

      Intelligent drones equipped with Hey Hi (AI) offer military advantages while raising ethical concerns about autonomous computer warfare.

    • New York Times ☛ How Pavel Durov, Telegram’s Founder, Went From Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg to Wanted Man

      Pavel Durov’s anti-establishment streak helped him create one of the world’s biggest online platforms, which emphasizes free speech. It also put a target on his back.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvian and Lithuanian Foreign Ministers speak at EU's Eastern border

      The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Baiba Braže, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Gabrielius Landsbergis, visited the Lithuanian-Belarusian border crossing point at Adutiškis, August 26 and held a joint press conference, which you can watch below.

    • LRT ☛ How Belarusian KGB uses OnlyFans and job ads to recruit spies

      The Belarusian KGB is casting its net on the thousands of activists living in exile in Lithuania and Poland. A recent defection by a Belarusian opposition politician shows that their efforts are not always in vain.

    • RFERL ☛ U.S. Offers $2.5 Million Reward For Arrest Of Belarusian Suspected In Cybercrime Scheme

      The United States has issued a reward of up to $2.5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Belarusian wanted in the United States for his alleged participation in a significant malware organization.

    • Latvia ☛ 91 national service conscripts face punishment for no-shows

      Latvia's Military Police has imposed an administrative penalty on 91 conscripts of the National Defense Service (VAD) for not appearing for their required health check-ups at the place and time specified in their summons, the LETA news agency reports, citing information from the Press Department of the Ministry of Defense.

    • Latvia ☛ Murder plot suspect leaves Latvia, claims to have health issues

      Soon after being released from custody, a suspect linked to a high-profile murder case has left the country, reported Latvian Television's De Facto investigative show August 25.

    • Meduza ☛ Former Wagner mercenary, who was recruited from prison and committed a second murder while on leave, released once more to fight in Ukraine — Meduza

    • RFERL ☛ Former Wagner Fighter Imprisoned For Rape, Murder Sent Back To Ukraine War

      Former Wagner Group fighter Ivan Rossomakhin, who was sentenced in April for murdering and raping an elderly woman in Russia, has been released and sent back to the war in Ukraine, the Travmpunkt rights group said on August 26.

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • New York Times ☛ Canada Will Impose 100% Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles

      The new tariffs announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will match levies imposed by President Biden and could further strain relations between Canada and China.

    • New York Times ☛ Hungry for Clean Energy, Facebook (Farcebook) Looks to a New Type of Geothermal [Ed: Greenashing nonsense]

      As electricity demand from data centers soars, Meta and Surveillance Giant Google are looking at a novel solution: harnessing clean heat far below Earth’s surface.

    • The Strategist ☛ Great while it lasted: Chinese demand for Australian minerals is sagging

      Australia’s 20-year-long economic party, funded by China, may be drawing to a close, with consequences for federal and state budgets, superannuation returns and living standards generally.

    • Lee Yingtong Li ☛ End of the line for Virtual Metro

      Today I am regrettably discontinuing Virtual Metro. I launched this fun little project in 2019 and, according to server logs, it appears to have enjoyed modest success since then. Unfortunately, it has been down since at least March this year and perhaps earlier, and I am unable to commit to continuing to maintain it.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Potentially toxic algae bloom prompts warnings at Afton park

      Harmful blooms of blue-green algae often look like “pea soup or spilled green paint” and often have a bad odor.

    • New York Times ☛ Deadly Landslide Strikes Ketchikan, Alaska

      The disaster killed one person and injured three in the town. Researchers said heavy rains preceding the disaster may have played a role.

• Finance

  • RFA ☛ China failing to deliver jobs for its ‘rotten-tail kids’

    Bright young graduates are being forced into low-paid gig economy work, or moving back in with their parents.

  • New York Times ☛ Inflation Is Fading, Statistically and Politically

    The cost of living may not be the G.O.P.’s, um, trump card.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • The Kent Stater ☛ Letter to the Editors: The boycott divest and sanction movement against Israel violates authentic liberal values

    This letter is written in response to an article titled “Kent State alumni join call for university divestment. Is it possible?” published on KentWired on July 29, 2024.

  • New York Times ☛ Prosecutors Appeal Dismissal of Trump Classified Documents Case

    The special counsel, Jack Smith, argued that Judge Aileen Cannon had erred in throwing out charges against Donald Trump of improperly holding national security secrets after leaving office.

  • New York Times ☛ Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board, Warning of ‘Chaos’

    The board recently passed new rules aimed at altering the process for certifying elections. The lawsuit says such changes are illegal.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • BIA Net ☛ ‘Iraqi Kurdistan is becoming a dangerous place for journalists’

    Two leading journalism groups, RSF and CPJ, have condemned the suspected Turkish drone strike that killed two journalists and injured another in the region.

  • Press Gazette ☛ EU urged to cancel trade agreement with Israel over journalist killings

    Sixty press freedom groups say EU should take action against Israel.

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • EDRI ☛ Towards a renewed strategy for the EDRi network

    EDRi’s 2019-2024 Strategy – our first network-wide strategy - is coming to an end. It has served as a compass for our collective work for the last 5 years. In May this year, we started the process for our next directional document, to reflect our ambitions in uncertain times: EDRi Strategy 2025-2029.

  • RFA ☛ ‘Rooster hairstyle,’ see-thru sleeves now banned in North Korea

    Off-limits fashion items also include jeans, dyed hair and even shoulder bags.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • AccessNow ☛ Violence & internet shutdowns in 2023: the worst year on record

    Content note: The following post contains references to violence. By almost every measure, 2023 was the worst year of internet shutdowns on record.

  • Public Knowledge ☛ Annual IP3 Awards 2024

  • Cloudbooklet ☛ Jenna Ortega Nude Hey Hi (AI) Images are Flooded in Twitter

    Read about the Jenna Ortega nude Hey Hi (AI) images controversy that led to her deleting her Ex-Twitter account.

  • APNIC ☛ Are differences in RIR RPKI implementations hindering RPKI adoption?

    Survey: Network operators are invited to share details of their RPKI adoption journey and what barriers they have faced.

  • APNIC ☛ Event Wrap: btNOG 11

    APNIC conducted security training at btNOG 11, held in Thimphu, Bhutan from 4 to 9 August 2024.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Trademarks

  • Digital Music News ☛ The Ramones vs. The Ramones — Legal Scuffle Emerges Over Use of the Band’s Trademarks and IP

    Joey Ramone’s brother sues Johnny Ramone’s widow over the allegedly improper use of the band’s trademarks and intellectual property. The Ramones family is complicated. First, none of the members are actually related, having taken the name “Ramone” upon joining the band.

  • TTAB Blog ☛ Recommended Reading: The Trademark Reporter, July-August 2024 Issue

    The July–August 2024 (Vol. 114 No. 4) issue of The Trademark Reporter (TMR) is now published [pdf here]. Willard Knox, Editor-in-Chief, summarizes the contents as follows (and below): "This issue offers our readers an article on the new frontier of Web 3.0 (the next phase of the World Wide Web) and the potential promise and peril of blockchain domain names for brand owners, as well as a book review of a practitioner’s guide to winning domain name disputes (in the current version of the Internet)."

• Copyrights

  • Digital Music News ☛ Another Plodding Infringement Battle? Concord v. X Copyright Showdown Could Run Into 2026

    Is 2026 shaping up to be a particularly jam-packed year for industry litigation? It certainly seems so, as the copyright monopoly complaint filed by Concord and other music publishers against X (formerly Twitter) might plod well past 2025.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Tidal Takes a Dive Into Songwriter Services with Catalog Registration and Tracking Tools

    Tidal releases songwriter services with catalog registration and tracking tools to ensure royalties are properly identified, attributed, and collected. Starting today, US songwriters can claim and manage their works catalog through Tidal with the platform’s new songwriter tools.