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Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill

The Verge

On Monday, congressional leaders unveiled their massive spending and coronavirus relief measure, including a handful of controversial copyright measures civil liberties activists fear could penalize internet users for everyday online behavior. Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images. Congress’ $2.3

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‘Disaster Girl’ has sold her popular meme as an NFT for $500,000

The Verge

Another internet meme has sold for big bucks online: Zoë Roth, best known as “ Disaster Girl ” for the popular image macro taken by her father in 2005 of her smirking at the camera while a house burns down in the background, has sold the original copy of the meme as an NFT for 180 Ether, worth almost $500,000. Photo: David Roth.

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BTS fan Twitter accounts say they’re being targeted by copyright trolls

The Verge

The owner of a fan account with over 233,000 followers, which posts videos, photos, and memes related to the South Korean band, claims that their original header and profile picture, as well as multiple tweets including their own screenshots and memes, have been taken down by the trolls over the past few weeks.

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UK music platform for creators Uppbeat raises $6.15 million Series A

TechCrunch

First launched in January 2021, Uppbeat helps to eliminate the headaches that come with copyright claims on music used within creator content. In addition to music, Uppbeat now offers a sound effects and clips library which works well for “meme-style” content, via an expansion to the site in September 2021.

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Stability AI’s new model is slightly better at generating hands

TechCrunch

.” Setting aside the hyperbole, SDXL does indeed seem on a par with — and perhaps even better than — the latest release of MIdJourney’s model, the model responsible for “ Balenciaga Pope ” (among other memes). The hands aren’t always… well, realistic.

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NFT mania is here, and so are the scammers

The Verge

Artists are seeing their work showing up in NFTs they did not mint themselves The artist Derek Laufman woke up last weekend to a couple emails from his followers, who had a question for him. I thought the point of NFT was that the artwork and artists needed to be verified? Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Is the music industry’s future on the blockchain?

The Verge

Today let’s talk about another of them: a startup called Royal that hopes to upend the traditional relationship between music labels and artists, with potentially significant implications for the kind of culture that gets created. Occasionally, an alternative artist would strike out on their own and start an independent label.

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