TorrentFreak
JUNE 15, 2023
Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules, but according to a lawsuit filed this week by several prominent music companies, Twitter is not among them. As a result, Twitter is reportedly rife with music piracy. According to the music companies, these advertisements are also clearly visible around infringing content.
IPilogue
MAY 4, 2022
You may remember the big music copyright infringement case of 2012 , where Robin Thicke was sued by Marvin Gaye over claims that Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”. However, nowadays, it seems that many major artists are frequently being sued for copyright infringement.
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The IPKat
AUGUST 30, 2023
Three US cases were brought claiming that the song Thinking Out Loud performed by Ed Sheeran, copied Let’s Get It On performed by Marvin Gaye. Kathryn Townsend Griffin, the daughter of Ed Townsend, inherited a third of Townsend’s share of the musical work when he died in 2003. A summary judgment was previously denied - covered here.
TorrentFreak
MAY 10, 2024
In 1983, Sherman Nealy and Tony Butler founded Music Specialist Inc, an independent label that recorded just one album and a few tracks. While Nealy was doing time, his former partner licensed the Music Specialist catalog to Warner Chappell. That release sold millions of copies reaching the Billboard chart’s top ten.
TorrentFreak
JUNE 17, 2022
The music industry has battled against various forms piracy for several decades, but it’s hard to root out. Many of the enforcement efforts are targeted at services or tools that offer pirated content, but there are less visible copyright infringement challenges too. Unlicensed Platforms and Apps. NMPA Sues Vinkle.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Earlier this year, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a Nashville federal court, accusing Elon Musk’s X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. As a result, X is reportedly rife with music piracy. The music companies see things differently.
TorrentFreak
APRIL 10, 2024
In a complaint filed at a Nashville federal court last spring , Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others, accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. The attempt was partially successful; last month, the court dismissed the music companies’ direct and vicarious copyright infringement claims.
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