Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 2.0 Jury selection begins in Ed Sheeran’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ copyright infringement lawsuit in New York, which alleges that the 32-year-old singer’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ bears more […]
Photo Credit: The Come Up Show / CC by 2.0 Ghanaian rapper Obrafour is suing Drake for $10 million for sampling his 2003 track ‘Oye Ohene’ for the song ‘Calling My Name’ without permission. Drake […]
A federal judge has officially dismissed a copyright lawsuit filed against Childish Gambino (real name Donald Glover) and others over 2018’s “This Is America.” District Judge Victor Marrero just recently granted a motion to dismiss […]
A copyright infringement lawsuit against Childish Gambino over his hit This Is America has been dismissed. Gambino, the musical stage name of actor Donald Glover, was sued by Emelike Nwosuocha, who performs as Kidd Wes, […]
With the release of their song Fish Market in 1989, the Jamaican duo Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson inadvertently changed the course of pop music. The track featured the first known example of […]
Photo Credit: Thakingdome / CC by 3.0 A federal judge has officially dismissed with prejudice a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Nickelback in 2020 over “Rockstar.” District Judge Robert Pitman just recently signed off on […]
Photo Credit: Amazon Music Ahead of an infringement trial involving “Thinking Out Loud” creator Ed Sheeran and the estate of “Let’s Get It On” co-writer Ed Townsend, a federal court has ruled that the plaintiffs […]
Photo Credit: Soundtrap The US Copyright Office issues a notification of inquiry soliciting public comments on late fees for mechanical royalty payments under the Music Modernization Act. The US Copyright Office is asking for public feedback on […]
Photo Credit: Keith Pitts AI-created images lose US copyright protections in a legal test for the new technology. The US Copyright Office says it should not have granted copyright protection to images in a graphic […]
Photo Credit: Midjourney AI Generated Getty Images has launched a lawsuit against Stability AI over the unauthorized use of its images to train its AI model. The lawsuit was filed in a U.S. district court […]
Photo Credit: Pandora As they continue to spearhead copyright infringement lawsuits against Pandora, Word Collections and Spoken Giants are now seeking sanctions against the SiriusXM-owned platform. Jeff Price’s Word Collections just recently submitted a Rule […]
Photo Credit: Mohammad Rahmani Microsoft’s OpenAI and GitHub seek to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit over the open-source code used to train their artificial intelligence systems. Microsoft, along with its subsidiaries GitHub and OpenAI, has […]
Photo Credit: Kevin9625Ja / CC by 4.0 The Bad Bunny copyright infringement lawsuit over the track “Safaera” may be coming to a close. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by AOM Music, Inc. The suit […]
Photo Credit: Note Thanun Getty Images says it has started legal proceedings against AI artwork generator Stable Diffusion. The lawsuit was filed this week in the UK in London’s High Court and alleges “Stability AI […]
Photo Credit: Bridger Songwriters can now easily register collaborative musical works, and all the rights holders of a track can begin collecting their copyright in just a few minutes. The following was created in collaboration […]
Photo Credit: Jana Zills / CC by 2.0 Plaintiffs drop ‘Shake It Off’ Copyright Infringement lawsuit against Taylor Swift, allowing her to focus on re-recording her album, ‘1989.’ A lawsuit filed initially against Taylor Swift […]
An Altice USA call center. Photo Credit: Hudconja BMG, Concord, and Universal Music Group (UMG) have officially filed a more than $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against New York City-headquartered internet-service provider (ISP) Altice USA. […]
Photo Credit: Triller In August, Sony Music Entertainment (SME) sued Triller for allegedly failing to pay millions in owed licensing fees. Now, the short-form video-sharing app has officially responded to the complaint. Triller just recently […]
Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. After increasing webcasting royalty rates for the 2021-2025 period, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has officially announced a cost-of-living adjustment for 2023 – […]
Photo Credit: Markus Winkler Roddy Ricch and producer 30 Roc are facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over the rapper’s mega-hit “The Box.” In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan, California-based musician Greg Perry alleges that […]