TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This includes Universal Music Group ( UMG ), which sees both the good and bad aspects of this rapidly developing technology. UMG’s Vice President of Global Content Protection, Graeme Grant, lays out the music company’s perspective in a detailed contribution sent to WIPO in advance.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 27, 2021

BTS’ label, Big Hit Music, announced that there were no copyright issues with the songwriters for Butter and that all the songwriters for the track have confirmed as such. To be clear, I am not a musicologist nor am I an expert in musical plagiarism. What Does it Mean. My practice is primarily in text-based works.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 12, 2023

For example, there were no copies of the 1,403 original copyrighted works to compare against the allegedly pirated music tracks. Part of this evidence comes from the music company’s piracy-tracking partner Rightscorp. Appeal Forthcoming This effectively means that the $47 million music piracy verdict stands.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

This summer, Optimum settled its lawsuit with some music industry giants, including BMG, UMG, and Capitol Records, but that doesn’t mean its legal woes are over. Last December, a group of nearly 50 music labels filed a similar yet separate ‘mass-infringement’ lawsuit against Altice.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2023

According to Cox, the Twitter terrorist ruling clearly shows that it isn’t liable for pirating subscribers, but the music companies see things differently. Terrorists vs. Pirates Earlier this week, the music labels responded in court, countering Cox’s arguments.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

There are NFT projects ‘copying’ other NFTs, for example, and in some cases, people simply issue NFTs based on existing copyrighted works owned by others. These ‘conterfeit’ or ‘pirate’ NFTs use digital versions of art, photos, music, logos, without the permission of rightsholders. type projects.

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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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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Targeting Youtube-dl’s Host This episode was a massive setback for the music industry, which had been fighting stream-ripping tools for years. However, instead of laying down their arms, Sony Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music went after Uberspace , youtube-dl’s website hosting company in Germany.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 21, 2022

Faced with the prospect of copyright strikes, Content ID claims and potential account loss, thousands of YouTubers, TikTok users, and other content creators use music provided by Epidemic Sound. Founded in 2009 and based in Sweden, Epidemic Sound has a library of more than 35,000 music soundtracks and 90,000 sound effects.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 3, 2022

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that a New York federal judge has issued an injunction against three suspected pirate sites that aims to require all internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States to block access to those sites. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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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

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

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Software and movies piracy are relatively popular in Croatia, while Ireland has the highest percentage of music pirates. For TV and music piracy, higher youth unemployment was surprisingly linked to lower piracy rates. In Malta, this goes up to 61%, while it’s ‘only’ 42% in France.

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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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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2022

Three years ago, several of the world’s largest music companies including Warner Bros and Sony Music sued Internet Provider Bright House Networks. Specifically, the ISP and music companies want to limit what evidence and arguments the other side can present to the jury. This case is no different, as some recent filings reveal.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 24, 2024

Two Targets, Two Lawsuits The RIAA announced not one, but two copyright infringement lawsuits on Monday, filed against two of the most impressive services in the generative AI music market. Udio owner Unchartered Labs was sued in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, while Suno, Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 7, 2022

Specifically, they claim that the song copies “particular lines and phrases” from their piece. The lawsuit is seeking punitive damages and also lists others involved with the song itself, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group and EMI Music Publishing.

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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. Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free,” the RIAA commented at the time.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

2: SoundExchange Royalties Dispute with Music Choice to be Referred to Copyright Royalty Board. The lawsuit was filed by SoundExchange after an audit alleged that Music Choice, which relies on a statutory license for the music it uses, had underpaid the royalties it owes. They are free of copyright.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Instead, they argue that he copied them from black artists performing in the 1950s and 1960s. 3: Back 4 Blood Streamers Will Have to Turn Off Licensed Music to Avoid Copyright Strikes. The developers said that they are working on a way to toggle licensed music in the game to prevent problems in the future.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2024

After filing copyright lawsuits against early peer-to-peer file sharing services and emerging mostly victorious, the global music industry found that any depressant effect, on pirate content availability and consumption, was insufficient. That included copies of its source code (23,693 files) and more than a million pages of documents.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 25, 2022

Lang Van is a music production company that releases through a variety of platforms. It accuses VNG Group of releasing the Zing MP3 app, which features music owned by Lang Van even though VNG, according to the lawsuit, do not have license to use. 3: Lawsuit Says Meta Stole Hundreds of Songs from Swedish Music Label.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In recent years, music and movie companies have filed several lawsuits against U.S. Most notable is the ‘$1 billion damages award a jury awarded in favor of several music companies. Music Companies Sue Verizon This summer, dozens of record labels, assisted by the RIAA, filed a new copyright infringement lawsuit targeting Verizon.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Anderson filed the lawsuit against Roup saying that Roup had copied several exercise routines that Anderson had created. Finally today, Victoria F at SVG reports that streamers Ludwig and Jschlatt have launched a new music archive to help both themselves and other YouTubers and streamers avoid issues with copyright strikes on their work.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Last summer, Optimum chose to settle its lawsuit with some music industry giants, including BMG, UMG, and Capitol Records, under undisclosed terms. In a similar yet separate lawsuit, the company is pitted against a group of almost 50 music labels , that also accused Altice of mass-infringement.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Back in August, users of Reddit and similar platforms lamented the sudden disappearance of two music piracy platforms. Somewhat predictably, Jpopmix.com specialized in J-pop, a form of Japanese popular music that first gained popularity in the 1990s. ” Current RIAJ members (Full Members) Nippon Columbia Co.,

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

1: Sony Music sues Triller Claiming Copyright Infringement, Alleging it is Owed Millions. Though the lawsuit lists less than 100 songs, Sony alleges that Triller has withheld payments for royalties on music that they stream over their service. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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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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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

million ($3 million) acquiring a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune. With previous ones selling for around €25,000 ($28,000), their copy cost more than 100 times the going rate. Many copies of the book are already easy to access just through a simple search. Last year, the group spent €2.66

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Today’s social media users see copyright conflicts on a regular basis, but probably due to the way copyright is enforced, tend to view images and text as faiir game when compared to movies and music. In Japan, where the concept of fair use isn’t recognized, there’s arguably less cause for confusion.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2024

The ‘ Great 78 Project ‘ received praise from curators, historians, and music fans. However, not all music industry insiders were happy with it, as the copying took place without obtaining permission from all rightsholders. In a complaint filed at a U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

1: Warner Music, Country Star Dwight Yoakam Settle Copyrights Dispute. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that country music singer Dwight Yoakam has reached a settlement with Warner Music Group (WMG) that puts an end to their copyright termination battle. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

2: Collage Artist Deborah Roberts Sues Fellow Artist, Gallery Claiming ‘Willful Copyright Infringement’ Next up today, Maximiliano Duron at ARTnews reports that Texas artist Deborah Roberts has filed a lawsuit against Lynthia Edwards and the Richard Beavers Gallery claiming that Edwards deliberately copied Roberts’ artistic style.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2024

Frontier vs. Music and Movie Companies Most of these lawsuits take place in federal courts, but the New York bankruptcy court is dealing with a similar dispute. The ISP submitted a motion for judgment on the pleadings, asking the court to dismiss the claims from the movie and music companies, noting that these fail “as a matter of law.”

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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.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 6, 2022

According to the judge, Sheeran did not “deliberately nor subconsiously” copy Chokri’s work and there was no evidence Sheeran had even heard Oh Why before writing Shape of You. 3: Music Industry Flags Discord and Reddit as Primary Piracy Threats.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In late 2022, several of the world’s largest music companies including UMG, Warner and Sony Music prevailed in their lawsuit against Internet provider Grande Communications. This notion is supported by the fact that most music is consumed via digital streaming platforms, which provide access to individual songs.

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