Photo Credit: Rubaitul Azad CNN is officially facing a multimillion-dollar copyright infringement suit for allegedly using approximately 115 works owned by Freeplay Music (FPM) in close to 280 segments without permission. 21-year-old production music library […]
Generative AI has had a very good year. Corporations like Microsoft, Adobe, and GitHub are integrating the tech into their products; startups are raising hundreds of millions to compete with them; and the software even […]
It’s no easy feat humanizing a global icon such as Elvis Presley. Consider, he still has impersonators officiating at endless kitschy Las Vegas weddings 25 years after his death. Part of that humanizing fell to […]
Dylan Horetski ❘ Published: 2022-11-07T20:10:03 ❘ Updated: 2022-11-07T21:22:37 Spanish Twitch star Rubius was quickly unbanned after a miscommunication with SEGA led to a copyright strike while playing Sonic Frontiers during his […]
Photo Credit: Markus Winkler Disney faces a copyright infringement lawsuit over a song in Frozen II, which “can only be explained by copying.” Artist and songwriter Daniel E Grigson is suing Disney, claiming that a […]
Disney and 2-time EGOT winner Robert Lopez are being taken to court by a songwriter that claims his 2001 track was stolen and used in “Frozen 2” … and he allegedly came to the conclusion […]
Photo Credit: Vocal Remover Major labels are turning their eye to AI-based music extractor and mixer tools popping up online. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has submitted its most recent overview of notorious […]
A portrait of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith (left) in 1981 and 16 silk-screened images Andy Warhol later created using the photo as a reference. A Federal District Court judge found that Warhol’s series is […]
Photo Credit: David Veksler Concert-memorabilia company Wolfgang’s has secured multiple victories in its years-old infringement battle with several music publishers – including the reversal of an order to pay $2.4 million in attorneys’ fees and […]
Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 3.0 In August, Taylor Swift submitted sworn testimony in one of the several copyright infringement lawsuits she’s faced over “Shake It Off.” Now, the Pennsylvania-born artist’s attorneys have […]
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t weigh in on a copyright fight over the Paramount Pictures movie “What Men Want.” The decision brings to an end at least part of author and screenwriter Joe Carlini’s multiyear […]
Ed Sheeran is set to face a jury in New York over a copyright infringement case about his 2014 song Thinking Out Loud. The British singer was sued by Structured Asset Sales, which owns a […]
Photo Credit: Dima Solomin Towards July’s end, Epidemic Sound filed a firmly worded copyright infringement complaint against Meta. Now, the Facebook parent company has officially moved to dismiss the action due in large part to […]
Photo Credit: Amazon Music A federal judge has ruled that a years-old copyright infringement lawsuit against Ed Sheeran, centering on “Thinking Out Loud” (2014), will proceed to trial despite the 31-year-old’s motion for dismissal. This […]
A US judge has ordered Ed Sheeran to go to trial after the artist attempted to throw out a lawsuit claiming his song “Thinking Out Loud” copied Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” The copyright […]
A US judge has ordered Ed Sheeran to go to trial after the artist attempted to throw out a lawsuit claiming his song “Thinking Out Loud” copied Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” The copyright […]
Photo Credit: Aman Pal Warner Music Group (WMG) has officially joined the other Big Three labels in suing Bang Energy Drink for copyright infringement over the allegedly unauthorized use of music in promo videos posted […]
Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 3.0 The copyright infringement lawsuit against Chris Brown’s “No Guidance” has been dismissed. Here’s the latest. In October 2021, Chris Brown, Drake, and producer Noah Shebib were all […]
Dua Lipa’s lawyer has insisted she’s “never heard” the tracks she is accused of infringing in a copyright lawsuit about her song Levitating. The singer was sued in March by songwriters L. Russell Brown and […]
An exterior shot of an Apple Store. Photo Credit: Laurenz Heymann Apple has officially settled a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the heirs of Tin Pan Alley composers Harold Arlen, Ray Henderson, and Harry Warren. […]