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North Carolina musician arrested, accused of Artificial Intelligence-assisted fraud caper

North Carolina musician arrested, accused of Artificial Intelligence-assisted fraud caper

NEW YORK (AP) — A North Carolina musician was arrested and charged Wednesday with using artificial intelligence to create hundreds of thousands of songs that he streamed billions of times to collect over $10 million in royalty payments, authorities i
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Noel Parmentel Jr., a literary gadfly with some famous friends, dies at 98

Noel Parmentel Jr., a literary gadfly with some famous friends, dies at 98

NEW YORK (AP) — Noel E. Parmentel Jr.
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An appeals court upholds a ruling that an online archive's book sharing violated copyright law

An appeals court upholds a ruling that an online archive's book sharing violated copyright law

NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court has upheld an earlier finding that the online Internet Archive violated copyright law by scanning and sharing digital books without the publishers' permission.
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She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use

She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use

NEW YORK (AP) — “Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer . And TikTok creator Jools Lebron is working to trademark uses of her now-viral words.
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Giller Prize releases long list, drops Scotiabank from name

Giller Prize releases long list, drops Scotiabank from name

TORONTO — The group of authors in contention for this year’s $100,000 Giller Prize has been whittled down to 12, but one name is notably absent from the list: Scotiabank.
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Appeals court upholds ruling that online archive's book sharing violated copyright law

Appeals court upholds ruling that online archive's book sharing violated copyright law

NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court has upheld an earlier finding that the online Internet Archive violated copyright law by scanning and sharing digital books without the publishers' permission.
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From attic to auction: A Rembrandt painting sells for $1.4M in Maine

From attic to auction: A Rembrandt painting sells for $1.4M in Maine

THOMASTON, Maine (AP) — A Rembrandt discovered in an attic sold for $1.4 million.
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Van Zweden earned $1.5M as New York Philharmonic music director in 2022-23

Van Zweden earned $1.5M as New York Philharmonic music director in 2022-23

NEW YORK (AP) — Music director Jaap van Zweden earned just over $1.5 million from the New York Philharmonic in the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2023, and Deborah Borda received slightly more than $1.7 million in her final season as CEO.
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They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

NEW YORK (AP) — Hard as it may be to believe, there aren’t a lot of Hollywood agents clamoring for their star clients to take the role of one of the polarizing political figures of the 21st century.
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They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

NEW YORK (AP) — Hard as it may be to believe, there aren’t a lot of Hollywood agents clamoring for their star clients to take the role of one of the polarizing political figures of the 21st century.
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