Newsletter, February 3
Ticketing
After Bruno Mars Bot Scalping Debacle, Hawaii to Prohibit Ticket Resale above Face Price (MusicTechPolicy/Chris Castle)
Artificial Intelligence
Maybe Figure Out What Happened Before Overreacting to the DeepSeek Bombshell? (National Review/Andrew McCarthy)
Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress (The Guardian/Marina Hyde)
Is There an AI Bubble? And Will it Burst in 2025? (24/7 Wall Street/Joey Frenette)
DeepSeek: Good for Nvidia, Great for America (Gilder Report/George Gilder)
Copyright Office Report on AI and Authorship
Spotify Streaming Mechanicals
Your Morning Coffee Special Episode: Jay Gilbert Interviews Liz Pelly on her Spotify Expose
No one should be suprised Spotify beat the MLC (Hypebot/Chris Castle)
Judge throws out MLC’s audiobooks bundle lawsuit, says Spotify can keep cutting songwriter royalties through its “cynical trick” (Complete Music Update/Sam Taylor)
Books
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914, by David McCullough
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control, by Stuart J. Russell
