If rights holders don’t want their content to be used for the training of language models, they must attach a legally compliant, machine-readable usage reservation (TDM opt-out) to their content. “Effective immediately, all ebooks and audiobooks distributed by Bookwire,” the company says in its statement, “will be equipped with a TDM opt-out notice in ONIX data. Additionally, the TDM opt-out is stored in the metadata of all EPUBs that we deliver via the TDMRep protocol.”
Source: Frankfurt Countdown: Bookwire Offers ‘Protection’ From Wrongful AI Usage
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC), the entity that collects mechanical royalties in the US, has announced it has distributed nearly $2.5 billion in royalties since it began operations three-and-a-half years ago. That’s up by roughly $1 billion in just the past year (The MLC reported in October 2023 that it had distributed $1.5bn in royalties) and up by almost $500 million since March,
Spotify’s increased attention on video is no secret, but the company’s willingness to invest heavily in content creators whose primary focus is not audio does shed light on the company’s larger ambitions. By investing in video creators, Spotify is no longer just trying to bring audio listeners onto the platform. The company is now trying to bring video watchers onto the platform, suggesting Spotify’s video ambitions go beyond using video as an audio accessory.
