TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

However, good intentions themselves are not immune to copyright complaints, or worse, multi-million dollar lawsuits. The ‘ Great 78 Project ‘ received praise from curators, historians, and music fans. The Great 78 Project Last summer, a group of major music labels including Capitol, Sony, and UMG, decided to take action.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Internet Archive is widely known for its Wayback Machine, which preserves copies of the web for future generations. The ‘ Great 78 Project ‘ received praise from curators, historians, and music fans but not all music industry insiders were happy with it.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This ranges from complex existential worries to concerns about AI-related copyright infringement, which is already widespread. Tthese copyright concerns will be discussed next month at a meeting of WIPO’s Advisory Committee on Enforcement, where several stakeholders will present their thoughts.

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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.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) launched a new AI Initiative to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), including the scope of copyright in works generated using AI tools and using copyrighted materials in AI training. On March 16, 2023, the U. A summary of this guidance is here.

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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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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

However, good intentions themselves are not immune to copyright complaints, or worse, multi-million dollar lawsuits. The ‘ Great 78 Project ‘ received praise from curators, historians, and music fans. The Great 78 Project Last summer, a group of major music labels including Capitol, Sony, and UMG, decided to take action.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The case pits Sheeran against Structured Asset Sales, a company that owns a one-third stake in the copyrights of Ed Townsend. Sheeran’s attorneys argued the elements that were allegedly copied, namely a chord progression and the harmonic rhythm, were both commonplace in music and not protectable by copyright.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 14, 2023

61, 2023 Abstract To prove copyright infringement, a plaintiff must convince a jury that the defendant copied from the plaintiff’s work rather than independently creating it. Until that knowledge is available, testimony about the probability of copying should be deemed inadmissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 702.

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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.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But, before I go, I wanted to leave you with five tales of how copyright has shaped Halloween that I’ve written over the years. 1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. 2: Dracula vs. Nosferatu: A True Copyright Horror Story.

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Kashishipr

JULY 6, 2022

If you fail to do so, you shall end up finding yourself in big trouble like Copyright Infringement. Here in this article, we shall be thoroughly discussing Copyright Protection in the Indian music industry. We shall answer a few questions, including: How is copyright protection applicable to the music industry?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules but, according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies last year, X is not among them. In a lawsuit filed at a federal court in Nashville last summer, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, and others accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2023

“These same aiding-and-abetting principles animate copyright law’s contributory liability doctrine, and they likewise foreclose liability here,” an attorney for Cox informed the court. Terrorists vs. Pirates Earlier this week, the music labels responded in court, countering Cox’s arguments.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 17, 2024

A buyer of music songwriting rights has pushed back against arguments from pop star Ed Sheeran that allegedly copied musical elements were not infringing because they were not included in the copyrighted sheet music, telling the Second Circuit the sheet music shouldn't limit what portions of songs are protected.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 11, 2024

TRADEMARK REGISTRATION AND COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION: KEY DIFFERENCES Although both involve registration and fall under the registration of intellectual property, trademark registration and copyright registration are two distinct legal protections for different forms of creativity, and they operate for distinct reasons.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Music publishing companies Universal Music, ABKCO and Concord filed suit on Wednesday, October 18, in a Tennessee district court against generative artificial intelligence (AI) company, Anthropic, alleging “widespread infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics.”

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TorrentFreak

MAY 12, 2023

Last fall, a Texas federal jury found Grande Communications liable for willful contributory copyright infringement and ordered the ISP to pay $47 million in damages to a group of record labels. For example, there were no copies of the 1,403 original copyrighted works to compare against the allegedly pirated music tracks.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Good artists borrow, Great artists steal ’ , however no matter how beautifully portrayed, might aptly land you a hefty copyright infringement suit in contemporary times. As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. LEGISLATION IN INDIA.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 15, 2023

AI-generated music – adopting the vocal styles of popular musicians – has become ubiquitous on TikTok and other social media platforms, racking up millions of views and listens. Much of the music is gimmicky—a rapper singing a shoegazer ballad or the theme song to an anime. Enter copyright.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2024

For roughly a quarter-century, rightsholders have sent copyright infringement notices to ISPs, informing them about alleged copyright infringements carried out by subscribers. In an earlier case, Internet provider Cox was ordered to pay a billion dollars in damages after a jury found the ISP liable for copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2024

Play Store Takes Down FrostWire At the end of November last year, Google informed the FrostWire team that its app had been suspended from Google Play due to alleged copyright infringement. While the software doesn’t host or feature infringing content, the Indian Music Industry ( IMI ) reached a different conclusion.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This time, a group of music publishing companies, including Concord Music Group, Inc., ABCKO Music, Inc., This time, a group of music publishing companies, including Concord Music Group, Inc., ABCKO Music, Inc., See Concord Music Group, Inc. Anthropic PBC , M.D. Tenn, 3:22-cv-01092, ECF No.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Part of its mandate is to keep an eye on how the music industry evolves. This includes legal consumption as well as unauthorized offerings, more commonly known as music piracy. Music piracy exists in various forms but in recent years stream-ripping has emerged as the most significant.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 15, 2023

Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules, but according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies earlier this year, X is not among them. ” The music companies say that while many online platforms have agreed to licensing deals, X has shown little interest in compensating musicians. .

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TorrentFreak

MAY 4, 2023

Music fans love to share mixtapes and have done so for decades but sharing these ‘tapes’ over the Internet is not without risk. In 2017, the company was sued by several RIAA-backed labels, including Sony, Warner, and UMG, which accused the company of massive copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2024

The organization literally archives key parts of the Internet, copying older versions of websites to preserve them for future generations. IA’s archiving work is not limited to websites either; it also helps to permanently archive video, software, games, and music. In a complaint filed at a U.S. In a complaint filed at a U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

Is copyright, patent, or trademark infringement applicable to AI creations or not, and who owns the material that AI platforms generate for you or your clients is still an unanswered question. This way of doing things with the help of generative AI technology carries numerous legal challenges of intellectual property violation.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2023

The major record labels don’t want the public to download music from YouTube, which is common practice for millions of people. To stop this, the music industry titans deployed a variety of legal tactics around the world. YouTube-DL’s services have enabled users to stream rip and download copyrighted music without paying.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

The world’s largest record company says it has a clear view of the legal landscape surrounding AI-generated music. If you’ve been glued to news coverage of the Ed Sheeran trial for the past two weeks, you may have missed an even bigger story from the world of music copyright. The reality is more complicated.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 16, 2021

In 2019, Artem Stoliarov, a Russian DJ whose stage name is Arty, filed a lawsuit before the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that Marshmello’s song ‘ Happier ’ copied the synthesizer melody from his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s ‘I Lived’ (OneRepublic is an American pop rock band).

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 1, 2024

A properly maintained copyright portfolio is essential to any successful brand owner. Copyright can extend to advertisement copy, manuals, visuals, art, photography, storyboards, scripts, film, video, online components, mobile apps, social media posts, websites, music, developed characters appearing in ads, and logos.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2023

As the Internet Archive continues to deal with an adverse ruling in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the world’s largest publishing companies, late Friday some of the world’s largest record labels launched similar legal action in the United States. named as defendants. named as defendants.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

While it’s different from a copyright, NFTs owners are rightsholders in a sense, although the specifics may vary from project to project. Not seldomly these have raised precarious copyright issues. The company’s new anti-piracy service helps to protect copyright and trademark interests when it comes to NFTs, Web 3.0,

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As we’ve discussed in the past , copyright has played an oddly oversized role in our modern Halloween festivities. However, one of the areas that is generally less talked about is copyright’s impact on Halloween costumes. Copyright and Halloween Costumes. Copyright Office. However, copyright is only half the picture.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ross Intelligence Inc will provide guidance for similar AI training/copyright infringement cases and, as a bonus, it provides a bit of clarity (or muddies the waters… depending on your point of view) in the application of a post-Warhol fair use defense. The court found, as a matter of law, that Ross copied portions of the Westlaw headnotes.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

This includes the music industry group IFPI , which represents roughly 8,000 music companies around the world. IFPI submitted a 36-page document that begins by highlighting the harm piracy does to the music industry. The music industry group notes that social media can also be beneficial to artists.

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