7 h. ago Missouri judge who wore an Elvis wig and often played his music in court agrees to step down

A Missouri judge who wore an Elvis Presley wig in his courtroom and played the singer’s music from his phone during court proceedings has agreed to a deal that would cut his career on the bench short

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4 d. ago Rapper Lil Nas X hauled to court for hearing over his naked arrest

The rapper faces up to five years in prison if convicted

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1 week ago ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules

OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permissionA court in Munich has ruled that OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by using hits from top-selling musicians to train its language models in what creative industry advocates described as a landmark European ruling.The Munich regional court sided in favour of Germany’s music rights society GEMA, which said ChatGPT had harvested protected lyrics by popular artists to “learn” from them. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Chris Brown allowed to return to US as bail conditions changed

Judge Tony Baumgartner granted the change to the US musician’s bail conditions at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.

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4 w. ago I asked 2 chefs how to make the best roast potatoes — they all agreed on 1 key step

There are a lot of opinions on how to make the best roast potatoes, but there seems to be a consensus between two top chefs on one key step in the process.

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4 w. ago Disgraced rock star Ian Watkins died from stab wound to the neck, inquest hears

The 48-year-old died after an alleged attack at HMP Wakefield, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sexual offences.

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