Bad Bunny has been sued by a woman who claims her voice is sampled on two hit songs from the Puerto Rican megastar without permission. The lawsuit, filed […]
Warner Music Sues PacSun for TikToks With Ariana Grande, Beyoncé Songs
Warner Music Group (WMG) has hit apparel company PacSun with a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly using unlicensed music in advertisements and influencer videos on TikTok and Instagram. […]
AI Firm’s Users Can Download AI Songs for 48 Hours
Udio now says it will briefly allow subscribers to download their existing songs following widespread backlash to drastic changes made to the platform following the AI firm’s licensing […]
Drake Lawsuit, Maverick City Case, Taylor Swift Songs: Music Law Recap
THE BIG STORY: Less than a year after Drake filed a stunning lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” a federal judge tossed […]
AI Company Pirated YouTube Songs, Record Labels Say
The major record labels are hitting AI music giant Suno with a new legal claim for allegedly scraping their songs from YouTube, taking a cue from Anthropic’s recent […]
Sony Music Sues USC Over TikTok Videos With Songs by Beyonce & Others
Sony Music is suing the University of Southern California (USC) for more than $25 million over claims that the college sports powerhouse illegally used songs by Michael Jackson, […]
AI-Generated Songs Can’t Be Copyrighted, But Tools Fair Game: Report
A new federal report on artificial intelligence says that merely prompting a computer to write a song isn’t enough to secure a copyright on the resulting track — […]
Chili’s Social Used Travis Scott, Justin Bieber Songs: UMG Lawsuit
Universal Music Group (UMG) has filed a lawsuit claiming Chili’s used more than 60 copyrighted songs from Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber and others on social media without permission, […]