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Book Review: Music Borrowing and Copyright Law

The IPKat

This is a review of Music Borrowing and Copyright Law, a Genre-by-Genre Analysis , edited by Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Chen Wei Zhu (University of Birmingham). Heald suggests that Aplin and Bently offer one half of the response, and this volume provides the other, within the music context.

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Music Making Gen AI: A Deeper Dive into Fair Use

The Illusion of More

In February 2023, I argued that using copyrighted works for the purpose of training generative artificial intelligence (GAI) products is not fair use.

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Taylor Swift Knows Perils of Music Copyright Law “All Too Well”

McBayer IP Blog

Posted In contract , copyright , Intellectual Property It’s likely that you’ve heard about pop star Taylor Swift re-recording her old albums. Why would a globally-known music star take the time out of her busy schedule to rehash her old music?

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RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright

TorrentFreak

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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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. In many cases, users upload infringing music videos to the platform. copyright law.

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Digitalization And Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era.

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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.