does anyone know if all the music on tiktok is properly following copyright law etc? and will microsoft be in the hook for removing all this content with dmca?
Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
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Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
#52> The two companies have provided notice of their intent to explore a preliminary proposal that would involve a purchase of the TikTok service in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and would result in Microsoft owning and operating TikTok in these markets. Microsoft may invite other American investors to participate on a minority basis in this purchase.
If the deal passes, Microsoft will get TikTok in four of the Five Eyes countries. I wonder why the UK service is not included?
This also means there will be a TikTok US, TikTok Global, and Douyin.
Perhaps the next phase for ByteDance will be completely separate TikToks where they license the technology to local companies. Then these local companies can sign content deals with other countries if they want to share.
Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
#53Is it just me or Microsoft has a track record of ruining products they acquired? Skype, Nokia, Minecraft, Wunderlist... And I am afraid about fate of the GitHub ... There is a huge list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio... how many of those survived?
Nokia is doing quite well, not only did they use to money to buy back the Siemens part on the Networks business, they now own Bell Labs. Also despite being only Nokia branded, their Android phones are just as good as ever, and the only Android brand that I actually get updates on, versus the one shot update in a device's lifetime that I have had from other OEMs.
My G6 just got an update 2 or 3 days ago... which bumped my Android security patch level to April 2020, lol.
Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
#54Is it just me or Microsoft has a track record of ruining products they acquired? Skype, Nokia, Minecraft, Wunderlist... And I am afraid about fate of the GitHub ... There is a huge list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio... how many of those survived?
> Minecraft
Absolutely not ruined
Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
#55Is it just me or Microsoft has a track record of ruining products they acquired? Skype, Nokia, Minecraft, Wunderlist... And I am afraid about fate of the GitHub ... There is a huge list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio... how many of those survived?
Nokia is doing quite well, not only did they use to money to buy back the Siemens part on the Networks business, they now own Bell Labs. Also despite being only Nokia branded, their Android phones are just as good as ever, and the only Android brand that I actually get updates on, versus the one shot update in a device's lifetime that I have had from other OEMs.
The Nokia that is doing well now is not the part that got bought by Microsoft though?
Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nokia is doing quite well, not only did they use to money to buy back the Siemens part on the Networks business, they now own Bell Labs. Also despite being only Nokia branded, their Android phones are just as good as ever, and the only Android brand that I actually get updates on, versus the one shot update in a device's lifetime that I have had from other OEMs.
The Nokia that is doing well now is not the part that got bought by Microsoft though?
Nokia is a big company, with a long history.
They had two main branches Nokia Mobiles and Nokia Networks, Nokia Networks eventually joined the networking business from Siemens and thus became Nokia Siemens Networks.
Microsoft did their business with Nokia Mobiles business division, which as we all know they end up acquiring it.
With that money, Nokia bought back the NSN part that belonged to Siemens, replacing Siemens with Solutions on the name.
Many of the people nowadays working for Nokia branded HMD Global phones are actually former Nokia Mobile employees, and the Espoo building is the same I used to visit a couple of times as NSN employee.
Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
More to the point, Microsoft is the company least involved in social media that has the largest warchest. No way Congress or the administration would condone any of the companies whose CEOs testified on Capitol Hill this week buying TikTok.
> More to the point, Microsoft is the company least involved in social media that has the largest warchest Probably not, no matter how you prioritize the two prongs of that, and no matter which construction of war chest size you take, since Alphabet and Apple both less social media involvement (though Alphabet has tried in the past to have more) and more cash on hand, while both Apple and Amazon have less social medi…
Apple just don't do those things. It will be extremely unusual.
Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
#58does anyone know if all the music on tiktok is properly following copyright law etc? and will microsoft be in the hook for removing all this content with dmca?
I imagine many of it is either paid to be on there or intentionally placed on there. It's great for visibility and PR.
Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
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Almost every kid at my daughter's elementary school has TikTok installed and they are all under 13. If you have an Android phone, they do basically no verification to register and then if you go to your Google Account you can see that they share your email and personal data with TikTok. This is a major COPPA violation. Does this mean Microsoft may soon be the biggest violator of COPPA in the US?
didn't you use the internet way before you were 13? it boggles my mind why people care about this
Anyone over 35 most likely didn't use the internet before they were 13. I know, hard to believe that people are older than the internet.
Re: Microsoft to continue discussions on potential TikTok purchase in the US
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didn't you use the internet way before you were 13? it boggles my mind why people care about this
Anyone over 35 most likely didn't use the internet before they were 13. I know, hard to believe that people are older than the internet.
I'm 50, and there were no commercial ISPs before I first got Internet access (also BITNET) at my university.