News Appeals court rejects last-ditch attempt at reviving copyright case against Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ The appeals court has rejected a request to rehear a case alleging that Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' ripped off Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'
News Miley Cyrus asks court to dismiss copyright suit over ‘Flowers’ arguing case has ‘fatal flaw’ Cyrus' lawyers argue that rightsholder Tempo Music can't sue because they own only part of the copyright on the song
News Court asked to review Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ legal victory The owner of part of the rights to Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On is arguing in front of an appeals court to reinstate a case against Ed Sheeran
News Sony Music settles Whitney Houston biopic lawsuit over alleged unpaid song licenses Sony accused the film's producers of failing to pay sync licensing fees for 24 tracks used in 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody'
News Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla sued by rapper Plies for alleged copyright infringement in ‘Wanna Be’ 'Wanna Be' is accused of sampling Plies' 2008 track 'Me & My Goons' without permission
News Chris Brown and Drake sued for at least $5m over alleged copyright infringement on ‘No Guidance’ 'No Guidance' has been streamed more than 1 billion times on Spotify, and viewed more than 480 million times on YouTube
News NBA teams accuse music publishers including Kobalt of ‘extortion’ in copyright dispute, claim ‘fair use’ Fourteen NBA teams have been sued by music publishers over alleged unlicensed use of music in their social media posts
News Sony Music settles lawsuit against Marriott Hotels over alleged ‘rampant’ infringement in social media posts Sony and Marriott asked that the case be dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning it can’t be refiled
News Court allows copyright infringement suit over Dua Lipa’s megahit Levitating to proceed A copyright infringement case over Dua Lipa's megahit Levitating is set to go forward
News Universal, Concord and ABKCO slam Anthropic’s motion to dismiss, say AI company is trying to ‘stall’ copyright case Lawyers for UMPG, Concord and ABKCO called Anthropic's motion to dismiss a "delaying" tactic
News Anthropic asks court to ‘prune’ Universal lawsuit to focus legal battle on ‘whether it is fair use’ to train AI using copyrighted works Anthropic describes many of the claims against it as "implausible and supported by threadbare and conclusory allegations"
News Cox Communications takes copyright infringement battle with record labels to US Supreme Court A long-running legal battle between Cox and record companies could end up being decided at the US's top court
News As Suno and Udio admit training AI with unlicensed music, record industry says: ‘There’s nothing fair about stealing an artist’s life’s work.’ Suno and Udio suggest that the record companies may have themselves violated music publishing copyrights
Analysis How the major labels plan to cost Suno and Udio billions (and why it all rests on Michael Bublé) The AI music companies' business model "threatens to eliminate the existing market for licensing sound recordings"
News Major record companies sue AI music generators Suno, Udio for ‘mass infringement’ of copyright Universal, Sony, Warner come together to sue AI music generators in new lawsuit