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Lina Khan, nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 21, 2021.
The Columbia law professor has been a vocal critic of Big Tech.
Lina Khan appears poised to become the youngest-ever member of the Federal Trade Commission, following a largely warm reception from both parties at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. If confirmed, the 32-year-old antitrust scholar and advocate will be one of three Democratic commissioners at the FTC.
Khan, who currently works as an associate professor of law at Columbia University, rose to prominence with the 2017 Yale Law Journal article Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox, in which she argued that the old standard of determining monopolistic behaviors – i.e. looking at whether said behavior results in rising prices for consumers – is insufficient when app
DC Public Affairs Firm Shape Advocacy Grows
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Public affairs and strategic communications firm Shape Advocacy has hired Andrea Klores as Creative Director and promoted Casey Murray to Vice President.
Founded in 2019 by House Judiciary Committee and WilmerHale veterans with deep experience in copyright, patent, antitrust, telecom, broadcast media, and aerospace/defense, Shape specializes in strategic advocacy campaigns at the intersection of public policy, communications, and lobbying. The firm s clients include the Motion Picture Association, Tzedek DC, the Artist Rights Alliance, and the Alliance to Counter Crime Online.
Universal Music Group removes music from streaming app Triller over pay dispute
Triller CEO Mike Lu sits for a portrait at Triller’s office in Century City.
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Feb. 5, 2021 Updated 1:10 PM PT
Universal Music Group said it has pulled its music from Triller after no agreement had been reached with the L.A. music video app.
“We will not work with platforms that do not value artists,” UMG said in a statement Friday. “Triller has shamefully withheld payments owed to our artists and refuses to negotiate a license going forward.”
Universal Music Group represents hip-hop artists including Drake, the late Pop Smoke and Eminem. Yanking their music from the platform would hurt Triller as its users make videos that include parts of songs; losing access to work from major artists could send them to other platforms like viral video app TikTok, Triller’s biggest competitor, which has a licenses with UMG.
Triller, Universal Music Group Trade Shade as Licensing Battle Escalates Publicly
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The war of words between Ryan Kavanaugh’s Triller and Universal Music Group escalated Friday, after UMG pulled its catalog from the video-sharing app citing Triller’s failure to pay licensing fees for songs used on its service.
Early Friday, Universal Music said it was removing its music from Triller which positions itself as a rival to popular social-video app TikTok because, “Triller has shamefully withheld payments owed to our artists and refuses to negotiate a license going forward.”
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“We will not work with platforms that do not value artists,” the music giant said.
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