Tech Pulse 9/8/25

This week on Tech Pulse, we narrate three articles spanning AI copyright law, the app economy, and blind accessibility in gaming.Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a copyright lawsuit brought by book authors — roughly $3,000 per work. It's the first class action settlement of its kind in the AI era, and the outcome could reshape how the entire industry thinks about the data it uses to build its models.A decade-long rebellion by Spotify against Apple's App Store fees has done something few expected: it has meaningfully weakened one of the most profitable business models in tech history. The piece traces how a Swedish music startup, armed with data and a well-placed ally in Brussels, chipped away at Apple's walled garden.We also continue part two of a three-part profile of Ross Miner, a blind gamer turned accessibility consultant who has made it his mission to ensure blind people can play any game they want.Aftersight is a media organization that serves individuals with barriers to print. This podcast is produced by Aftersight under the Chafee Amendment to the Copyright Act which states that authorized nonprofit organizations whose primary mission is to provide copyrighted works in specialized formats to individuals with barriers to print are exempt. By continuing to listen, you verify you are blind, have low vision, or barriers to reading print materials.