AI Company Anthropic Wins Early Round in Music Publishers’ Copyright Case March 27, 2025 By Blake Brittain Artificial intelligence company Anthropic convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminary bid to block it from...
Ed Sheeran Beats Copyright Appeal Over ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Song November 1, 2024 By Blake Brittain Ed Sheeran, his record label Warner Music WMG.O and music publisher Sony Music Publishing 6758.T persuaded a U.S. appeals court...
Singer-Songwriter Ed Sheeran: Other Artists Are Cheering on Copyright Fight May 3, 2023 By Larry Neumeister Ed Sheeran said Monday he’s getting encouragement during his copyright trial from other performers who also worry that they’ll be...
New England Patriots Owner Alleges Insurer Fumbled Media Liability Claims October 26, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Kraft Sports and Entertainment, owner of the NFL’s New England Patriots, has sued Hiscox Insurance alleging the insurer has failed...
Taylor Swift Says She Couldn’t Plagiarize a Song She Never Heard August 10, 2022 Taylor Swift says she couldn’t have ripped off the lyrics to her hit “Shake It Off” from a song she’d...
Led Zeppelin Back on Top in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Lyrics Copyright Case March 11, 2020 By Andrew Dalton A federal appeals court has restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal “Stairway to Heaven.” The...
Judge Quashes Peloton’s Countersuit in Music Copyright Case February 3, 2020 By Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg Peloton Interactive Inc.’s attempt to fire back at music publishers who sued the exercise bike maker for copyright infringement was...
Court Orders Replay of Song Copyright Case Against Taylor Swift October 31, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Taylor Swift won’t escape so easily after all from allegations that her 2014 hit “Shake It Off” illegally copied the...
Music Copyright Law in Search of New Standard for Infringement September 23, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Willie Nelson has famously said a country song is “three chords and the truth.” It might not be so simple...
1970s Musicians Sue for ‘Second Chance’ to Reclaim Their Songs February 7, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel David Johansen, John Waite and other prominent 1970s musicians filed lawsuits on Tuesday accusing Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and UMG...