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The ‘Cox Effect’ Continues: Anthropic Brushes Off Vicarious Infringement Claims In Music Publishers’ High-Stakes Copyright Suit

May 28, 2026

The “Cox effect” continues to ripple across the music industry litigation landscape. In the latest development, Anthropic has shrugged off vicarious liability in the newer copyright infringement suit it’s fac... Read More...

LyricFind Says Musixmatch Cheated Its Way to Victory. But Is That What Really Happened?

Ashley King

May 28, 2026

LyricFind has filed yet another amended antitrust complaint against Musixmatch and its parent company TPG, alleging an underhanded scheme involving Warner Chappell Music. But did Lyricfind get cheated out of ... Read More...

Appeals Court Revives Bernie Worrell v. George Clinton Lawsuit: ‘The Rare Case in Which a Copyright-Ownership Claim May Be Brought a Half-Century After-the-Fact’

Dylan Smith

May 28, 2026

Moments after George Clinton sued Universal Music over allegedly unpaid royalties, a federal appeals court has revived the years-running copyright (and contract) lawsuit filed against him by the estate of fel... Read More...

Three Years Later, Zayn Malik and Sony Music Move to Settle ‘Better’ Copyright Suit

Ashley King

May 27, 2026

A copyright infringement lawsuit filed against former One Direction member Zayn Malik nearly three years ago may finally be reaching a settlement. Back in late 2023, pop star and former One Direction member ... Read More...

Warner Music and Crumbl Cookies Confirm Settlement Agreement In Social Media Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Dylan Smith

May 26, 2026

After 13 months of litigation, Crumbl and Warner Music Group (WMG) are finalizing a settlement in their copyright infringement showdown. The major label and the self-described “fastest-growing dessert compa... Read More...

ClicknClear Moves to Dismiss Amended Tresóna Multimedia Suit, Calls Out the Expanded Complaint’s ‘Recycled Allegations’ and ‘Fundamental Defects’

Dylan Smith

May 26, 2026

The ugly Tresóna v. ClicknClear legal battle isn’t through yet: Now, ClicknClear is pushing to dismiss Tresóna’s amended false advertising and copyright infringement complaint. Co-defendants ClicknClear (Cn... Read More...

Suno Sony UMG copyright infringement lawsuit

Suno’s Legal Battle Against Sony Music and UMG Just Got 100 Times More Serious—Literally

Ashley King

May 26, 2026

Universal Music and Sony Music are dramatically expanding their litigation against AI music giant Suno, claiming over 61,000 copyright infringements. Just moments after Sony Music Entertainment expanded its ... Read More...

Sony Music Moves to Dramatically Expand Its Udio Lawsuit, Says 30,000+ Allegedly Infringed Recordings Represent ‘Only a Fraction’ of the AI Platform’s ‘Illegal Activity’

Dylan Smith

May 25, 2026

Far from winding down its lawsuit against Udio, Sony Music is now looking to supersize the copyright infringement action by accusing the AI music platform of training on north of 30,000 recordings without aut... Read More...

Good Grief! ‘Peanuts’ Music Copyrights Owner Fires Off Four Infringement Lawsuits — U.S. Gov’t, Heritage Auctions, GameMill, and Buckle-Down Face Complaints

Dylan Smith

May 21, 2026

What do the federal government, video game publisher GameMill Entertainment, Heritage Auctions, and belt-buckle specialist Buckle-Down have in common? For one thing, they’re facing infringement lawsuits from ... Read More...

After Watching 80% of Their Earnings Evaporate, Successful Music Production Duo Sues Suno for $35 Million

Ashley King

May 19, 2026

Suno faces a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by ambient instrumental duo The American Dollar, alleging the platform ingested 236 of their songs to train its AI models. Poseidon Wave Media, the company r... Read More...

The Wixen vs. Meta Showdown Intensifies: Publisher Doubles Down on Defamation Allegations In Expanded $100 Million-Plus Lawsuit

Dylan Smith

May 19, 2026

Right on cue, Wixen Music Publishing has fired off a supersized copyright infringement and defamation lawsuit – now including detailed allegations of reputational harm – against Meta. Wixen just recently mad... Read More...

Meta Hits Back Against Wixen Music Publishing’s $70 Million ‘AI Replacement’ Infringement Suit

Dylan Smith

May 14, 2026

The high-stakes Wixen v. Meta infringement and defamation legal battle isn’t letting up. Now, the publisher is prepping an amended action as the Instagram parent aggressively moves to dismiss the entire compl... Read More...

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BTS Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over ‘Swim’ Abruptly Dropped After a Few Months

The ‘Cox Effect’ Continues: Anthropic Brushes Off Vicarious Infringement Claims In Music Publishers’ High-Stakes Copyright Suit

LyricFind Says Musixmatch Cheated Its Way to Victory. But Is That What Really Happened?

Appeals Court Revives Bernie Worrell v. George Clinton Lawsuit: ‘The Rare Case in Which a Copyright-Ownership Claim May Be Brought a Half-Century After-the-Fact’

Three Years Later, Zayn Malik and Sony Music Move to Settle ‘Better’ Copyright Suit

ClicknClear Moves to Dismiss Amended Tresóna Multimedia Suit, Calls Out the Expanded Complaint’s ‘Recycled Allegations’ and ‘Fundamental Defects’

Suno’s Legal Battle Against Sony Music and UMG Just Got 100 Times More Serious—Literally

Sony Music Moves to Dramatically Expand Its Udio Lawsuit, Says 30,000+ Allegedly Infringed Recordings Represent ‘Only a Fraction’ of the AI Platform’s ‘Illegal Activity’

Good Grief! ‘Peanuts’ Music Copyrights Owner Fires Off Four Infringement Lawsuits — U.S. Gov’t, Heritage Auctions, GameMill, and Buckle-Down Face Complaints

After Watching 80% of Their Earnings Evaporate, Successful Music Production Duo Sues Suno for $35 Million