WEEK 26
- Industry body RIAA takes aim at ‘some technology giants’ but Google claims ‘apples to oranges’ comparisons sell its contribution short
- US industry body the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) criticised Google’s video service for the low royalties it pays out to music rightsholders.
- However, Google has responded by criticising “apples to oranges” comparisons to subscription-based music services like Apple Music and Spotify’s premium tier.
- The row came as the RIAA revealed that Americans’ spending on recorded music rose 0.9% to $7bn in 2015, with streaming overtaking music downloads to become the largest chunk of those revenues
- Streaming revenues in the US rose 29% to $2.4bn last year, including a 52% rise in paid subscriptions to $1.22bn, with more than 13 million Americans paying for a streaming service by the end of 2015.
- New evidence shows lottery machines were rigged to produce predictable jackpot numbers on specific days of the year netting millions in winnings
- For several years, Eddie Tipton, the former security director of the US Multi-State Lottery Association, installed software code that allowed him to predict winning numbers on specific days of the year, investigators allege. The random-number generators had been erased, but new forensic evidence has revealed how the hack was apparently done.
- Tipton was convicted last year of rigging the $16.5m jackpot in Iowa, and is now awaiting trial on charges linking him to prizes in Colorado, Wisconsin, Oklahoma and Kansas.
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