Photo Credit: Afif Ramdhasuma X is suing music publishers and the NMPA with allegations of “weaponizing” takedown requests and colluding to “coerce” the platform into licensing deals. Elon Musk’s X has been embroiled in legal […]
Photo Credit: Felicity Lynn An “interested party” seeks to reopen music publishers’ case against over a dozen NBA teams. But the publishers say they had nothing to do with the move to reopen it. Last […]
Photo Credit: Daniel Romero Spotify and the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has launched a new opt-in portal for NMPA members to enter direct licensing agreements for expanded audiovisual rights in the United States. These […]
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 […]
Photo Credit: Musixmatch The majors’ publishing divisions have officially inked “AI innovation deals” with lyrics provider Musixmatch, which intends to leverage their catalogs while developing new services. Musixmatch reps reached out with word of the […]
Photo Credit: Dima Solomin Back in June, X and several major music publishers moved to pause their copyright infringement battle to explore settlement discussions. Now, the parties have revealed that the talks failed to produce […]
Photo Credit: BoliviaInteligente Publishers expand their lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, alleging it used BitTorrent to pirate copyrighted material and share it with others. Major music publishers, including Universal Music Group and Concord, first sued […]
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei. Photo Credit: TechCrunch Are music publishers and Anthropic inching towards a settlement in their ugly copyright confrontation? Time will tell, but they’ve reached an early agreement concerning an initial […]
Mangadex, one of the biggest manga scan sites, has been hit with a cataclysmic number of copyright strikes from Japanese publishers that removed hundreds of series all at once. And, while some of these series […]
Photo Credit: Anthropic The high-profile copyright lawsuit between major music publishers and Anthropic’s chatbot Claude just took a dramatic turn. Anthropic’s legal counsel is accused of submitting a court filing containing AI-generated hallucinations to an […]
xAI has acquired X in a multibillion-dollar deal, but the social platform is still entangled in a copyright infringement suit levied by 17 music publishers. Photo Credit: Dima Solomin xAI has acquired X (formerly Twitter) […]
A federal judge has denied music publishers’ motion for a preliminary injunction against AI giant Anthropic. Photo Credit: Igor Omilaev A federal judge has denied music publishers’ push for a training-related preliminary injunction against AI […]
Photo Credit: Spotify Maybe it’s just a slip — or maybe it’s a serious dip. But according to preliminary Spotify royalty stats shared with Digital Music News by multiple US-based publishers, we may have a […]
Music publishers’ NBA lawsuits are facing discovery-related delays. Photo Credit: JC Gellidon Music publishers’ infringement litigation against more than a dozen NBA teams is still in full swing – though discovery delays appear likely to […]
Music publishers including Kobalt have moved to consolidate the more than dozen copyright lawsuits they’re levying against NBA teams. Photo Credit: TJ Dragotta Several music publishers are moving to consolidate the copyright infringement lawsuits they’re […]
Anthropic has doubled down on its opposition to major music publishers’ sought injunction. Photo Credit: Igor Omilaev Anthropic is doubling down on its opposition to a preliminary injunction push from major music publishers, which say […]
Photo Credit: Igor Omilaev A federal judge is reportedly poised to dismiss the majority of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by music publishers against AI giant Anthropic. That development emerged during a hearing yesterday on […]
The Minnesota Timberwolves warm up before a game. Photo Credit: Bobak Ha’Eri NBA teams including the Minnesota Timberwolves are firing back against the copyright infringement actions they’re facing from music publishers. The Timberwolves are among […]
Spotify has once again raised prices in the U.S. as well as the U.K., where individuals must now pay $11.99 and £11.99 per month, respectively, for ad-free listening. That will create a handsome windfall for […]
The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has sent Spotify a cease and desist letter alleging the streaming platform hosts “unlicensed lyrics, music videos, and podcasts.” “It has come to our attention that Spotify displays lyrics […]