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Snapchat Faces Copyright Infringement Lawsuit From SUISA Following ‘Repeated’ Attempts to Negotiate a License

Dylan Smith
May 12, 2022
Zürich, Switzerland. Photo Credit: Henrique Ferreira Snapchat is officially facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from SUISA (the Cooperative Society of Music Authors and Publishers in Switzerland), the pla... Read More...
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U.S. Senator Josh Hawley Introduces a Bill to Eliminate Disney’s ‘Unnecessarily Long’ Copyright Terms — Is This Bad News for the Music Business?

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May 11, 2022
Photo Credit: Rebecca Hammel / CC by 3.0 U.S. Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a new copyright bill that would shorten copyright lengths for corporations like Disney. Could this legislation impact the music... Read More...

Pandora Fires Back With Countersuit Against Comedians: ‘There Is No Valid Justification for Moving Away From What Has Worked Well for Decades’

Dylan Smith
May 9, 2022
Photo Credit: Pandora In February, following a much-publicized licensing dispute, multiple comedians (and Word Collections clients) sued Pandora for allegedly failing to license their comedy albums’ underlyin... Read More...

RIAA Subpoenas Discord, Demands User Identities and Account Information

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May 9, 2022
A gamer accesses a Discord server. Photo Credit: ELLA DON The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has officially subpoenaed Discord and called for personal information about the individuals who a... Read More...
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BMG Puts the Major Labels, RIAA, and NMPA On Blast Over Mechanical Royalties: ‘Music Companies Have a Duty to Stand Up for Artists and Songwriters’

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May 6, 2022
BMG has officially put the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), and the major labels themselves on blast for resisting a mechanical-royalty incr... Read More...
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Major label and publishing conglomerates Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group, as well as other publishers represented by the NMPA, have tentatively agreed to increase mecha... Read More...
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Kanye West Sued By Pastor Who Was Sampled for the ‘Donda’ Track “Come to Life”

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Photo Credit: Kanye YouTube Kanye West is being sued by a Texas pastor whom he sampled for his Donda track, "Come to Life." The sampled speech is one by Bishop David Paul Moten and it plays in the background... Read More...
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Bandcamp Faces Legal Action From Visually Impaired Musicians

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Photo Credit: Bandcamp Website Bandcamp is facing legal action over an inaccessible website for visually impaired musicians. A visually impaired musician named Linda Slade has brought the class action suit a... Read More...
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Bandcamp Joins Litigation Against Google Over Google Play Billing – Seeks Injunction

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Photo Credit: Bandcamp Bandcamp has filed legal papers seeking an injunction to stay in the Google Play Store. The Epic-owned direct-to-fan site is joining the litigation vs. Google. Both Google and Apple ar... Read More...
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Federal Court Orders ‘All’ ISPs to Block Film-Piracy Websites — Setting An Interesting Precedent for the Music Industry

Dylan Smith
May 2, 2022
Photo Credit: Unsplash In a ruling that could prove significant for the music industry, a federal court has officially ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to multiple television- and fil... Read More...
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Epic Games’ Bandcamp Faces Possible Play Store Removal Amid Billing-Policy Dispute

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Nearly eight weeks after selling to Fortnite owner – and longtime Apple App Store critic – Epic Games, Bandcamp has found itself in the middle of a battle centering on Google Play Store billing policies. Ba... Read More...
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