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AI

Court filings show Meta paused efforts to license books for AI training

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AI

Microsoft starts paying publishers for content surfaced by Copilot

Kyle Wiggers

Oct 1, 2024

AI

OpenAI’s deals with publishers could spell trouble for rivals

Kyle Wiggers

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Media & Entertainment

Catch+Release is building an AI-powered search engine to help brands license user-generated content

Ivan Mehta

Aug 8, 2023

AI

Shutterstock expands deal with OpenAI to build generative AI tools

Kyle Wiggers

Jul 11, 2023

Startups

Flowhaven raises $16M to evolve brand licensing management beyond emails and spreadsheets

Sarah Perez

Jan 28, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Peloton hit with $150 million music licensing suit

Brian Heater

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Enterprise

Redis Labs changes its open-source license — again

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Feb 21, 2019

Media & Entertainment

Apple is selling the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 in Germany again

Natasha Lomas

Feb 14, 2019

Linux Foundation’s OpenChain project welcomes Google, Facebook and Uber

Ron Miller

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Enterprise

Microsoft commits to fixing custom apps broken by Windows 10 upgrades

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Media & Entertainment

Facebook inks music licensing deal with ICE covering 160 territories, 290K rightsholders on FB, Insta, Oculus and Messenger

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Media & Entertainment

Music rights collection startup Kobalt adds another $14M at $789M valuation, Bill Maris joins board

Ingrid Lunden

Oct 12, 2017

Startups

Lobster nets £1M to scale its user-generated content licensing marketplace

Natasha Lomas

Jan 20, 2017

Media & Entertainment

Meizu is the latest Chinese smartphone firm to sign a licensing deal with Qualcomm

Jon Russell

Jan 3, 2017

Microsoft And GoPro Sign Patent Licensing Deal For File Storage Technology

Frederic Lardinois

Feb 5, 2016

Media & Entertainment

As SoundCloud Signs UMG, CEO Ljung Says Subscriptions Are Coming This Year

Ingrid Lunden

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Media & Entertainment

SoundCloud Confirms Licensing Deal With Warner Music Group

Ingrid Lunden

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Startups

Picfair Raises $520K To Take On Getty With An Image Marketplace

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Microsoft Said To Drop Windows Phone Fees For Some Smartphone OEMs

Darrell Etherington

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Media & Entertainment

HTC Rebuts Report It’s Paying Apple $6-$8 Per Handset Under 10-Year Licensing Deal: “It Is A Outrageous Number”, Says Chou

Natasha Lomas

Nov 20, 2012

Media & Entertainment

Google Strikes Licensing Deal With European Music Publishers, Gains Access To 5.5M Tracks Across 35 Countries

Darrell Etherington

Nov 19, 2012

Hardware

Linux Foundation launches Open Compliance Program

Scott Merrill

Aug 10, 2010

Hardware

EA's CEO: bad licensed games are bad, bad, bad

Devin Coldewey

Aug 4, 2008

Hardware

Competitive eating, coming to a console near you

Contributor

Feb 7, 2008

Hardware

International Pandora Listeners Getting The Shaft

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May 3, 2007

Hardware

Cisco iPhone In Violation Of GPL

Contributor

Jan 22, 2007

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