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Short-form video-sharing platform Triller is set to pay Sony Music Entertainment $4.57 million after reaching a settlement over a breach of agreement lawsuit. The record company had initially sued Triller in 2022 after the company allegedly failed to pay music licensing fees. The agreement comes after Triller was over one year late on contract payments, according to Sony Music.

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Evan Xie

Last week, a two-minute track released by a TikTok user under the handle ghostwriter977 that sounded like a new song by Drake and The Weeknd went viral. After surpassing 15 million views on TikTok, the song was later streamed more than 600,000 times. Then, Universal Music Group, who represents the two artists, requested it be taken down from music streamers including Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify and Tidal. The track was also later removed from YouTube and TikTok. Why? Because the song wasn’t actually created by the artists. It was generated by AI software.

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Evan Xie

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Typically, when a band announces a new tour, they pin the information to the top of their Instagram or Twitter feed. The hope is that when tickets go on sale, fans, who ostensibly visit said feeds on a regular basis, will be reminded to purchase tickets. But Laylo, a customer relationship management company, wants to eliminate so much uncertainty from the equation.

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