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1 week ago |
billboard.com | Robert Levine
Donald Trump and Elon Musk Brandon Bell/Getty Images Two weeks ago, on May 8, the Trump Administration dismissed Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden; then, two days later, Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, alarming rightsholders that the White House would try to make it easier for AI companies to train their software on unlicensed copyrighted material. The Trump Administration hasn’t said much about this, and the situation has only become weirder. The following week (May 12), Wired...
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2 weeks ago |
medium.com | Robert Levine
You are here: Home Trump and Climate ChangeMay 21, 2025 by ROBERT A. LEVINEIt appears that President Trump is going all out to destroy humanity in the near future because of ignorance. As long as he makes money now, he doesn’t seem to care what happens to the world and our species after he’s gone. He abhors science and scientific facts, particularly if they conflict with his own ideas in areas in which he’s deficient in knowledge.
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3 weeks ago |
billboard.com | Robert Levine
Cécile Rap-Veber photographed on June 20, 2023 at SACEM in Paris. Matthew Avignone SACEM collected a record 1.6 billion euros ($1.73 billion) in 2024, up 7.7% from 2023, the French organization announced this week, fueled largely by international expansion.
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3 weeks ago |
themoderatevoice.com | Robert Levine
President Trump picked the right time to make education in the U.S. worse than it is currently. The gap between the U.S. population and the rest of the world in terms of general knowledge is larger than it has ever been and getting worse every year. The gap between the elites in our country and the average American as far as information is concerned is also widening.
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3 weeks ago |
billboard.com | Robert Levine
Shira Perlmutter Jay Premack/USPTO The Trump Administration fired U.S. Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter on Saturday (May 10), sparking concerns in the music business that the White House will take the side of technology companies in debates about AI and copyright.
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This thread by @future_of_music is worth reading.

Okay, so when evaluating any proposed legislative intervention, you gotta understand 1) what it does 2) what problem is it addressing 3) who supports it 4) whether it's well-drafted We don't have a ton of info about this resolution yet, but we can unpack what we do know.

https://t.co/I7yn4ERiix Great news for Professor Griff! I'm conflicted.

RT @nkotbgermany: @billboardpro @RobertBillboard try to tell them what to read/watch and what not. whom to believe. I can and want to have…