‘Walled Gardens’ Are at the Center of the AI Music Debate — Can (And Should) the Flood of AI Content Ever Be Stopped?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/can-ai-music-be-stopped-walled-garden-streaming-debate/

UMG’s $775M Downtown Deal Secures EU Approval With Remedies Attached

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/umg-downtown-deal-approved-eu-remedies-indies-reaction/

📰 Brussel akkoord met grote deal van bedrijf achter Taylor Swift

https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1whk

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🔸 #TaylorSwift #UMG #Deal #Overname #Commissie

Brussel akkoord met grote deal van bedrijf achter Taylor Swift

De overname van het Amerikaanse platenlabel Downtown door muziekconcern Universal Music Group (UMG) heeft goedkeuring gekregen van de Europese Commissie. Toezichthouders in Brussel verlangen wel dat UMG, het platenbedrijf achter sterren als Taylor Swift en Harry Styles, het artiestenroyaltyplatform Curve van Downtown afstoot. Het concern, met hoofdkantoor in Hilversum, heeft daarmee ingestemd.

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European Commission Set to Approve UMG’s Downtown Deal This Week: Report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/european-union-approve-universal-music-downtown-deal/

2025 Year‑End Earnings: Here’s What Every Music Company Made (Updating)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/lists/2025-earnings-final-recap-every-music-company/

Игра Сапёр на Unreal Engine > UMG > только C++ > Никаких Блупринтов

Захотелось мне как-то написать что-нибудь на UMG в Unreal Engine 5 и исключительно на С++ ( без использования блупринтов ). Заодно было любопытно краем глаза взглянуть на QT. “Пахнет небольшим проектом”, - подумал я и избрал для вдохновения игру “Сапёр” из сего репозитория -> https://github.com/Bollos00/LibreMines . Моё почтение автору той репы! Началось всё с бездумного и медитативного переписывания… простите, портирования структуры и логики на анриловский UMG и параллельного просмотра любимых шоу на ютьюбе. Чудесное было время! Далее чуть подрефачил код, упростил его, убрал ненужное, и получилось то, что получилось. А ну-ка...

https://habr.com/ru/articles/993932/

#c++ #unrealengine #umg #ue #gamedev #game_development #minesweeper #ui #unreal_engine

GitHub - Bollos00/LibreMines: A Free/Libre and Open Source Software Qt based Minesweeper game available for GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS and Windows systems.

A Free/Libre and Open Source Software Qt based Minesweeper game available for GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS and Windows systems. - Bollos00/LibreMines

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Another read of this is that four organizations claim the right of ownership over "nearly all the world's commercial sound recordings". A cultural archive they claim is worth around half of US GDP, an immense sum.

Frankly it reads to me like an admission of their own guilt, the "brazen theft" being a projection, mens rea expressed as legal action.

Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna’s Archive for $13trillion for “brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings”

From https://www.nme.com/news/music/spotify-major-record-labels-sue-annas-archive-13trillion-allege-brazen-theft-millions-files-3925977

#culture #music #AnnasArchive #spotify #UMG #WarnerBros #Sony #lawsuit
Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna's Archive for $13trillion for "brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings"

Spotify and three major record labels have sued Anna's Archive for $13trillion, alleging that the platform scraped 86million music files.

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UMG’s Chief Digital Officer Talks Udio Deal, Suno Lawsuit — And What Really Happened With TikTok in 2024

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/universal-music-michael-nash-tiktok-udio-ai-deals-on-record/

UMG sues Anthropic for $3bn over ‘brazen’ copyright infringement of 20,000+ songs

Music publishers file second copyright infringement lawsuit against AI company Anthropic…

Music Business Worldwide

Top Music Industry Predictions for 2026: AI on the Hot 100, UMG–Downtown Deal and More

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-predictions-2026-ai-hot-100-umg-deal/