In today's CMU Daily: The clock is still tick-tocking for TikTok in the US. Its attempts to block the ban that was passed by Congress earlier this year will reach court in September. Last week the US government filed various documents setting out its TikTok data security concerns, insisting that proposals from owner Bytedance to allay those concerns just weren’t good enough

One Liners: Apollo provides “$700 million capital solution” to Sony, Big Machine and Prescription Songs appointments, Fremantle Media wins legal battle with ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ contestant, Apple Music adds radio data, new releases including from Halsey, Max Richter and Ray LaMontagne + more

Also today: South African government responds to criticism from the US copyright industries over its plan to add fair use to its copyright regime.

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TikTok’s plans to allay data security concerns were simply insufficient, US government insists in new court submission 

The US government says that TikTok’s proposals for addressing data security concerns were ultimately insufficient, despite extensive negotiations, which is why the White House supported the TikTok-targeting sell-or-be-banned law that was passed by US Congress earlier this year. 

Bringing in Oracle as a US-based overseer of the TikTok platform didn’t help, officials add, because the amount of source code on the TikTok platform would make such an overseer role more or less impossible, even for a company as big as Oracle. 

These statements are made a new court submission responding to TikTok’s ongoing bid to overturn the sell-or-be-banned law through the courts. TikTok and its owner Bytedance has already hit back at that submission, criticising the fact some of the information is redacted, and insisting that the sell-or-be-banned law is still unconstitutional on free speech grounds. 

“The TikTok ban would silence 170 million Americans’ voices, violating the First Amendment”, a TikTok spokesperson says. “As we've said before, the government has never put forth proof of its claims. We remain confident we will prevail in court”.

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ONE LINERS

Deals

• Private equity firm Apollo has provided a “$700 million capital solution” to Sony Music Group for music industry investments. 
• Warner Music Latina has signed Colombian artist Pipe Bueno to an exclusive deal, with Bueno announcing an album that will unite Colombian and Mexican regional music.

Appointments

• Big Machine’s Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment has promoted Ryan Dokke to Senior Vice President and Andrew Thoen to Director Of Streaming & Digital Partners / Radio Promotion. 
• Prescription Songs has promoted Siara Behar and Eddie Fourcell, with each taking the new titles of VP, A&R. 
• Alison Donald has announced her departure from Kobalt as Head Of Global Creative at the end of July 2024, after seven years with the company. 

Legal

• Live Nation has told the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court in the US that a recent California Supreme Court ruling supports its push for arbitration in an ongoing legal dispute over ticket prices. 
• Fremantle Media, producers of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, have successfully defended against a £43 million lawsuit filed by an aspiring contestant on the show. 

Digital

• Apple Music has expanded its radio monitoring capabilities, now tracking plays from over 40,000 stations in more than 200 countries and regions.
• The CEO of Sonos, has written an open letter to customers to apologise for widespread issues with its new app which the company launched on 7 May. 
• Apple has joined a group of technology companies which have agreed to follow the Biden administration’s voluntary AI safeguards, the White House announced. 
• Soundful has launched an AI-powered songwriting competition in partnership with Kaskade and SoundCloud. 

Live

• The Night Time Industries Association has said it is “closely monitoring developments” after the UK government gave a statement earlier today relating to a£20 billion budget deficit it has identified. 

Artist News

• Three members of Grammy-nominated gospel group The Nelons have died in a plane crash in Wyoming. 
• Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has proposed using AI to create new songs for the band, given the ongoing feud between David Gilmour and Roger Waters.
• Moby has announced fourteen animal rights charities that will receive proceeds from his upcoming UK and European tour. 

Releases & Tours

• Saleka has collaborated with Kid Cudi on new single ‘Divine’
• YOASOBI have released their new single ‘舞台に立って (Butai ni Tatte)’
• Halsey has released her new single ‘Lucky’.
• Kacey Musgraves has released her single ‘Irish Goodbye’. Her new album ‘Deeper into the Well’ is out 2 Aug.
• Fujii Kaze has released his new single ‘Feelin’ Go(o)d’, produced by AG Cook.
• Max Richter has released his new single ‘Late And Soon’.
• Livingston has released his new single ‘Gravedigger’.
• 潘Pan has released her new album ‘Pan The Pansexual’, alongside the video for track ‘FNGRMHRDR’.
• The Red Clay Strays have released their new album ‘Made by These Moments’.
• Ray LaMontagne has released his new single ‘I Wouldn’t Change A Thing’. His new album ‘Long Way Home’ is out 16 Aug.
• MILLENNIUM PARADE have shared their new single ‘M4D LUV’.
• Jonah Kagen has released his new single ‘Matches’
• Jerry Cantrell has released his new single ‘Vilified’. His new album ‘I Want Blood’ is out 18 Oct.
• Izzy Reign has released her new single ‘Sandman’.
• Salvatore Ganacci has released his new EP ‘Sometimes I Cry When I’m Alone’, featuring Tommy Cash, Myd and Stuzzi.
• The Vaccines have announced a new set of UK tour dates for October 2024, including London Roundhouse on 23 Oct. Tickets go on sale 10am this Friday here.
• Sam Palladio has announced his ‘Before We Lost The Light’ UK headline tour for September 2024. The five date run begins at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on 22 Sep and finishes at London’s Omeara on 30 Sep. Tickets go on sale 10am this Friday here.
• TESSERACT have announced European dates to their 2025 ‘War Of Being’ tour, including a show at Chalk in Brighton on 11 Feb. Tickets are available here.

South Africa pushes back against US criticism of fair use copyright reforms

The government of South Africa has pushed back at criticism made by the US copyright industries over a plan to introduce the principle of fair use into South African copyright law, possibly because it’s aware that introducing fair use in that way might make the country more attractive to AI companies.

The US-based International Intellectual Property Alliance is concerned that South Africa’s plan will result in too many limitations on copyright within the country, which could weaken copyright protection and be unfairly exploited by various users of content, not least AI companies. 

However, the South African government insists that the proposed changes will ensure that its copyright regime can “keep up with innovation” and the “changing digital environment”.