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A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging British pop star Dua Lipa’s 2020 megahit Levitating ripped off an earlier song by reggae outfit Artikal Sound System, concluding that the plaintiffs failed to prove their case.Levitating…

Good news songwriters: the Copyright Royalty Board in the US issued a written determination this week upholding the mechanical royalty rate rise across the five years between 2018 and 2022.To recap: Last summer, the Copyright Royalty Board…

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British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has emerged victorious in a second copyright lawsuit filed against him in a federal court in Manhattan over alleged similarities between his hit, Thinking Out Loud, and Marvin Gaye’s iconic song Let’s…

A portrait of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith (left) in 1981 and 16 silk-screened images Andy Warhol later…

The Supreme Court on May 18, 2023, sided with a photographer who claimed the late Andy Warhol had violated her copyright on a photograph of the singer Prince. | Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court on May 18 ruled in favor of a photographer…

A popular site that enabled users to create mixtapes of hip-hop tracks has shut down after agreeing to pay USD $50 million over copyright infringement.A group that included record labels from all of the big three recording companies sued…

Ed Sheeran has won a major legal copyright battle over his hit song, Thinking Out Loud.After a two-week trial, the verdict was handed down on Thursday (May 4) by a Manhattan jury, ruling that Sheeran did not infringe on the copyright of the…

© Reuters. Singer Ed Sheeran arrives at the Manhattan federal court for his copyright trial in New York City, U.S., May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton By Blake Brittain and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - British pop superstar Ed…

A Maryland-based independent hip-hop producer is has filed a lawsuit accusing several prominent rappers of ripping off a track he distributed in the underground hip-hop scene two decades ago.David W. Smith alleges elements of his 2003 track…