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Why Are There So Many Pop Music Lawsuits

Plagiarism Today

If you follow copyright news, you likely have been seeing countless stories of popular musicians being sued for alleged copyright infringement in their work. . Pretty much every decade in music history has had their copyright battles. Why is there a sudden increase in the number of lawsuits over popular music?

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MP3.to Successfully Challenges Music Industry’s ‘False’ DMCA Circumvention Takedown

TorrentFreak

In recent years, music industry groups have become increasingly concerned by tools that allow users to download MP3s from online streaming services, including YouTube. to A few weeks ago, Spanish music industry group Promusicae flagged hundreds of stream-ripper URLs in yet another anti-circumvention takedown notice.

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Music Publishers Launch Crackdown on Copyright Infringing Apps

TorrentFreak

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.

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Music Companies Sue Twitter Over Mass Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

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.

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Could this music law help Spotify dodge future copyright infringement battles?

IPilogue

With the rise of online streaming services like Spotify and YouTube over the last two decades, listening to music has arguably changed for the better. A look at streaming giant Spotify’s recent significant copyright battles provides some insight into the issue of compensation for artists’ work on online streaming platforms.

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Supreme Court: There’s No ‘Time Limit’ on Copyright Infringement Claims

TorrentFreak

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. copyright law, there’s a three-year statute of limitations to file complaints.

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RIAA Should Disclose Anti-Piracy Details, Altice Argues

TorrentFreak

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances”. This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, have shaken up the industry.

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