Photo Credit: Bad Bunny (Facebook) Bad Bunny was hit with a $16 million infringement lawsuit alleging that an unauthorized voice sample was used without authorization or compensation. Just a month before his much-anticipated (and controversial, […]
One of the images used to represent Breaking Rust. Did Breaking Rust “steal and borrow” from a human creator to pump out “Walk My Walk”? Artist Blanco Brown believes so, and he’s fired back by […]
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Eminem has taken legal action against an Australian beachwear brand called Swim Shady due to the company name being too similar to his Slim Shady alter ego. […]
Photo Credit: Galimberti v. Graham Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti sues Drake over a famous scene in a music video that he claims infringes on his work. Drake can’t seem to go a month without a […]
Photo Credit: Jason Leung Artist Publishing Group and other plaintiffs want to reopen their copyright infringement lawsuit against over a dozen NBA teams, citing new evidence. After a year of litigation and almost six months […]
Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo Credit: Lindsay Martin Suno is facing yet another copyright complaint – this time from Denmark’s Koda, which has accused the AI music generator of infringing on its members’ works in training as […]
Photo Credit: Moynihan United States Courthouse (US District Court for the Southern District of New York) by Americasroof / CC by 3.0 A new lawsuit alleges that Ticketmaster’s SafeTix mobile ticketing platform’s rotating barcode technology […]
Photo Credit: Anitta by RGB Productions / CC by 3.0 A federal judge has ruled against two songwriters who claimed Brazilian pop star Anitta ripped off their 2006 song with her 2023 hit “Funk Rave.” […]
Photo Credit: Sasun Bughdaryan A federal judge has rejected Anthropic’s motion to stay a high-stakes copyright infringement case ahead of a scheduled December trial. Judge William Alsup just recently denied the AI giant’s sought pause, […]
Photo Credit: Mike Tyson by Super Festivals / CC by 2.0 A producer who worked with Jay-Z, DMX, and Ja Rule is suing Mike Tyson for his allegedly unauthorized use of the 1998 track “Murdergram.” […]
Photo Credit: Ian Hutchinson Google requests a stay in a case against Cengage, Macmillan, and other textbook publishers pending the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox v. Sony. In a lawsuit filed against Google by several […]
Artist Publishing Group and others have settled the social-focused copyright infringement lawsuits they filed against more than a dozen NBA teams. Photo Credit: Markus Spiske After almost one year of litigation, music publishers including Kobalt, […]
Photo Credit: HOTSPOTATL / CC by 3.0 Rapper T.I. has been hit with an IP theft lawsuit over his upcoming movie, “Situationships,” as a web series producer claims the title was stolen. T.I. (Clifford Harris […]
Photo Credit: Eminem by EJ Hersom for DoD News / CC by 2.0 Eminem’s music publisher, Eight Mile Style, is suing Meta with allegations of widespread copyright infringement on Facebook and Instagram. Eight Mile Style, […]
Photo Credit: Wesley Tingey Part I of this article discussed the different type of works and copyright rights in music. In Part II, we discussed different types of music licenses. In this final part of […]
Photo Credit: DiFronzo / CC by 2.0 In a significant ruling for the music industry and artists’ social media practices, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has definitively dismissed a copyright infringement case levied against […]
Warner Music Group is suing DSW for alleged copyright infringement on social media. Photo Credit: Anthony92931 Another day, another social-focused copyright lawsuit – this time from Warner Music, which is suing Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) […]
Photo Credit: Ashley King Media conglomerate Ziff Davis is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement. The suit alleges that OpenAI “intentionally and relentlessly” exploited Ziff Davis’s copyrighted content to train its AI models without authorization or […]
Photo Credit: Nelly by Adam Bielawski / CC by 3.0 The last St. Lunatics member who was still suing Nelly for copyright infringement has dropped his lawsuit. But this battle may not be over yet. […]
Karol G, who’s facing a copyright infringement lawsuit centering on ‘Gatúbela.’ Photo Credit: Junta de Andalucía Is Karol G’s “Gatúbela” infringing on a third-party beat? An El Salvador-based producer believes so, and he’s fired off […]