The Artist Rights Alliance (ARA) has issued an open letter condemning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to infringe upon and devalue the rights of artists. The signatories, who span more than 200 artists, include […]
KANYE West could face a second copyright infringement after Donna Summer’s estate accused him of using her song without permission. The rapper has sampled her 1977 hit I Feel Love on the track Good (Don’t […]
Despite its many delays, Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign’s joint album, Vultures, has finally dropped. Unfortunately, not everyone is excited by its release. Today (February 10), in an Instagram Story, Donna Summer’s estate voiced […]
Rapper Kanye West is already causing commotion with the release of his highly anticipated album, “Vultures.” Not long after getting slammed online by rock music icon Ozzy Osbourne for sampling a live version of his […]
A new battlefront is emerging in the ongoing conflict between the music industry and artificial intelligence applications. This time, it’s the Amazon-backed Anthropic that finds itself in the collective crosshairs of Universal Music Group, ABKCO […]
Sarah Silverman and two bestselling novelists have sued Meta and OpenAI, the tech startup behind ChatGPT, accusing the companies of using the authors’ copyrighted books without their consent to “train” their artificial intelligence software programs. […]
Nicki Minaj has been sued for copyright infringement over her 2014 song I Lied. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, musician Julius Johnson filed a copyright complaint on Monday in California against the Starships […]
Members of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) sued Twitter for copyright infringement in a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, today (June 14), The New York Times reports and documents viewed by Pitchfork can confirm. […]
Twitter could be on the hook for more than $250 million after the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) filed a federal copyright lawsuit claiming the social media platform “profits handsomely from its infringement of Publishers’ […]
A judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Dua Lipa over her 2020 single Levitating. The New Rules singer was sued by the reggae band Artikal Sound System last year over alleged similarities between […]
Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 2.0 Ed Sheeran faces an appeal from the family of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer following his recent ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright infringement victory. Following Ed […]
Photo Credit: Jako Janse van Rensburg Google must pay Sonos $32.5 million for infringing on the company’s smart speaker patent, a jury verdict determined on Friday. Smart speaker company Sonos has won its ongoing legal […]
Photo Credit: Drew de Fawkes / CC by 2.0 Ed Sheeran expressed the toll the Marvin Gaye copyright infringement case has had on him, saying he’s “done” with music if he loses. British singer-songwriter Ed […]
Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” copyright infringement lawsuit is still ongoing. CNN Business reports that last Thursday, the 32-year-old got on the stand to play his guitar and sing the first line of the song […]
Photo Credit: Kathi Rud / CC by 2.0 As Ed Sheeran’s high-stakes copyright infringement trial continues, the plaintiff collapses suddenly in the courtroom. The copyright infringement case in which Ed Sheeran is being sued for […]
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: Calitore A California judge has ruled that Google must face a trial in the patent lawsuit brought by Sonos. Inc. against the company. The case is set for trial on May 8 and […]
Madrid, Spain. Photo Credit: Asqueladd Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and Ultra Records are officially suing Moody Recordings for allegedly releasing an infringing version of a track entitled “Dancin” in violation of a years-long licensing agreement. […]
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, […]
Photo Credit: Pari Dukovic Back in September of 2021, The Weeknd was named in a copyright infringement lawsuit over 2018’s “Call Out My Name.” Now, approximately 18 months later, the involved parties have settled. The […]