Supreme Court Rules Against Warner Music in Copyright Damages Case May 13, 2024 By Blake Brittain The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Miami music producer in a legal fight with Warner...
Ed Sheeran Didn’t Copy Marvin Gaye’s ‘Lets Get It On’, Jury Says May 5, 2023 By Isaiah Poritz and Bob Van Voris Pop star Ed Sheeran won a closely watched trial over allegations that his 2014 Grammy-winning song Thinking Out Loud copied...
Cox Communications Found Liable for $1 Billion for Infringing Music Copyrights December 23, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A U.S. District Court jury last Thursday found telecom company Cox Communications Inc. liable to pay $1 billion to music...
Music Streaming Firm Spotify Faces $1.6 Billion Copyright Infringement Lawsuit January 3, 2018 Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs, including...
How Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway’ Win Could Affect Music Copyright Liability June 27, 2016 By Edvard Pettersson Led Zeppelin’s victory over allegations the band stole the opening chords of “Stairway to Heaven” may reverse the swell in...
Jury Backs Led Zeppelin in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Trial June 23, 2016 By Edvard Pettersson Led Zeppelin won’t have to share royalties from one of rock-and-roll’s masterpieces after a jury found guitarist Jimmy Page and...
Video-Sharing Site Vimeo Wins Appeal of Copyright Infringement Claim June 17, 2016 By Nate Raymond Video-sharing website Vimeo LLC cannot be held liable for copyright infringement for unknowingly hosting older music uploaded by its users,...
‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Trial Opens June 15, 2016 By Edvard Pettersson The trial over whether Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant stole the iconic opening riff to “Stairway to Heaven”...
Jury to Decide If Led Zeppelin Ripped Off ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Licks April 12, 2016 By Edvard Pettersson Led Zeppelin founders Jimmy Page and Robert Plant lost their bid to avoid a trial that may rewrite the history...
Judge Sets May Trial for ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Claim February 9, 2016 By Vernon Silver The judge presiding over a lawsuit challenging the authenticity of Led Zeppelin’s signature song Stairway to Heaven rejected a bid...