Music company BMG has acquired US indie rock label Rise Records in a multi-million dollar deal. Rise Records is home to critically acclaimed artists including Memphis May Fire, Of Mice & Men, and The Devil Wears Prada. The transaction marks the fourth such acquisition in the past year for BMG, following its purchases of US…
DetailsA battle between music company 19 and Sony Music looks set to be litigated in court, as the parties have seemingly failed to resolve matters amicably between themselves. Music company 19 owns the rights in the global Idol franchise, including hit US show American Idol, which has attracted millions of viewers and provided a publicity…
DetailsA Swedish District Court has ordered that the Pirate Bay’s .se domain must be transferred to Swedish authorities. However, within minutes of the judgment, dozens of mirror websites went live, with the Pirate Bay unveiling a new logo showing the mythical Hydra alongside various top level domains from which the website can be accessed. The…
DetailsFor those of you that haven’t been keeping up with the news, in 2013 Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were accused of stealing the Marvin Gaye song ‘Got to Give it Up’ for their number one hit Blurred Lines and sued by Gaye’s children. After months of proceedings, the courts have come to a decision,…
DetailsWhat happened: A dispute arose in Germany between Bestwater International (a water filtering company) and two independant commercial agents who worked for Bestwater’s competitor. A video which Bestwater held the copyright to was uploaded online by a third party without Bestwater’s permission. The independant commercial agents embedded this video onto their personal website. Bestwater alleged…
Details1) What has happened: On October 1st the UK amended the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) in accordance with an EU Directive. Now under British law, works composed with the purposes of parody [and/or caricature and pastiche] do not infringe the copyright of an artist or a band; they instead fall within the…
DetailsThe story SiriusXM is a radio broadcasting company in the United States of America. They (as well as other radio stations) have been known to broadcast songs published pre 1972 without paying the owner of the copyrights royalty.They did this with full confidence that the law was on their side. The Turtles are a rock…
DetailsThe story: Shawn Carter (better known by his stage name Jay-Z) is currently in dispute with the record label TuffAmerica. TuffAmerica has alleged that Jay-Zinfringed their copyright by sampling a part of the song Hook and Slingwithout their permission. The sample was used in Jay-Z’s 2009 single Run This Town.The dispute has been ongoing since…
DetailsI was watching the great Robert Plant last night on the BBC iPlayer with his new band the Sensational Space Shifters- did anyone see the beard on main guitar man Liam ‘ Skin’ Tyson!? Anyway Robert is facing a law suit for the alleged infringement of the Led Zep classic ‘Stairway to Heaven’ The band has been accused of plagiarism in the…
DetailsWhen the Beastie Boy Adam Yauch passed away, he had included a clause in his will prohibiting the use of his music, image or any other artistic creation in advertising and the band is working hard to fulfil his last wish. Not too long ago they reached a settlement with Coldieblox who had used one…
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