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UMG, J. Cole Partner EVEN Is Now Battling a Lawsuit Over Discrimination, Sexual Misconduct, and Labor Violations

February 23, 2026

Just last week, UMG announced a multi-year partnership with superfan app EVEN amid a discrimination lawsuit against the platform filed by a former executive. Late last week, Universal Music Group (UMG) annou... Read More...

California Judge Delivers a Major Setback for Global Piracy Crackdowns — The DMCA Suddenly Has a Lot Less Bite

Dylan Smith

February 17, 2026

A federal judge has set clear-cut limits on DMCA subpoenas – at least when it comes to ascertaining alleged infringers’ identities en route to spearheading litigation in foreign countries. U.S. Magistrate Ju... Read More...

Seedance 2.0 not received well by Hollywood, cease and desist from Disney

ByteDance’s ‘Seedance 2.0’ Gets a Resounding Thumbs Down from Hollywood—Disney Lawyers Are Already All Over This One

Ashley King

February 15, 2026

Disney issues a cease and desist letter to ByteDance following the release of the Chinese tech giant’s Seedance 2.0 last week. On Thursday, Chinese tech company and TikTok parent ByteDance released Seedance ... Read More...

Universal Music and ABKCO Score Summary Judgment Win in Marathon Copyright Battle Over Rolling Stones, ABBA Documentaries

Dylan Smith

February 6, 2026

Universal Music Group (UMG) and ABKCO have scored a summary judgment win in a copyright battle centering on "purported documentaries" about the Rolling Stones, ABBA, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, Lynyrd Skyn... Read More...

TikTok Is Dramatically Overhauling Its Artist Compensation Rules In 2026 — And This Time, It’s Good News for Music Creators and IP Owners

Paul Resnikoff

February 4, 2026

TikTok is one of the most notoriously artist-unfriendly platforms on the planet. But according to DMN's latest intel, the UGC giant is now overhauling its payout methodology to something slightly more reasona... Read More...

NVIDIA Claps Back Against Authors’ Expanded Copyright Infringement Claims Amid Dismissal Push

Dylan Smith

February 4, 2026

NVIDIA has fired back against authors’ updated copyright class action – including a claim that the chip-making giant pirated books via Anna’s Archive. The defendant company just recently took aim at the infr... Read More...

Time for a $3.1 Billion (and Change) Mega-Case? Court Considers Consolidating Concord v. Anthropic Infringement Lawsuits

Dylan Smith

February 3, 2026

Is it time to consolidate music publishers’ monster copyright lawsuits against Anthropic? Now seeking over $3 billion in damages across two distinct cases, Universal Music and Concord have raised the question... Read More...

UMG, Concord Seriously Supersize Their Anthropic Lawsuit—New $3.1 Billion Claim Alleges ‘Blatant Infringement,’ Torrenting and Piracy While Directly Targeting Cofounders

Ashley King

January 28, 2026

Potentially the biggest copyright case in US history, a coalition including UMG and Concord claims Anthropic engaged in mass-scale piracy to train its AI models. A coalition of music publishers led by Univer... Read More...

Wixen Music Publishing Sues Meta for $70 Million Over Alleged Plans to ‘Drastically Cut’ Royalties for Human Songwriters

Ashley King

January 27, 2026

Wixen Music Publishing alleges that Meta wants to “drastically cut payments to human songwriters” and replace them with free AI-generated music. Wixen Music Publishing is suing Meta with allegations that the... Read More...

Italian Photographer Drops Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Drake

Ashley King

January 27, 2026

Drake scores a win as the copyright infringement lawsuit an Italian photographer filed against him over visuals in a music video was dismissed. Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti sued Drake for alleged... Read More...

Slipknot Withdraws Lawsuit Against Owner of slipknot.com As Site Goes Blank

Ashley King

January 23, 2026

Slipknot withdraws their lawsuit against the owners of slipknot.com after alleging trademark infringement. But the website now appears to be offline. On Thursday, Slipknot voluntarily dismissed their patent ... Read More...

Major Labels, Spotify Sue Anna’s Archive Over Alleged Scraping Scheme — Multiple Domain Takedowns Follow Preliminary Injunction

Dylan Smith

January 21, 2026

It turns out allegedly scraping Spotify's entire library wasn’t a great idea. Now, the major labels and the DSP itself have hit Anna’s Archive, the alleged “notorious pirate website” behind the purported “the... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Kroger Moves to Toss Sony Music-Led Infringement Lawsuit, Arguing Cox v. Sony Invalidates Everything

JYP Entertainment Sues Distributor OneSync Over the Alleged Infringement of Stray Kids Member Han’s ‘Back to Life’

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Billboard Owner Penske Media Officially Appeals AI-Focused Google Antitrust Lawsuit Dismissal

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

UMG, J. Cole Partner EVEN Is Now Battling a Lawsuit Over Discrimination, Sexual Misconduct, and Labor Violations

California Judge Delivers a Major Setback for Global Piracy Crackdowns — The DMCA Suddenly Has a Lot Less Bite

ByteDance’s ‘Seedance 2.0’ Gets a Resounding Thumbs Down from Hollywood—Disney Lawyers Are Already All Over This One

Universal Music and ABKCO Score Summary Judgment Win in Marathon Copyright Battle Over Rolling Stones, ABBA Documentaries

TikTok Is Dramatically Overhauling Its Artist Compensation Rules In 2026 — And This Time, It’s Good News for Music Creators and IP Owners

NVIDIA Claps Back Against Authors’ Expanded Copyright Infringement Claims Amid Dismissal Push

Time for a $3.1 Billion (and Change) Mega-Case? Court Considers Consolidating Concord v. Anthropic Infringement Lawsuits

UMG, Concord Seriously Supersize Their Anthropic Lawsuit—New $3.1 Billion Claim Alleges ‘Blatant Infringement,’ Torrenting and Piracy While Directly Targeting Cofounders

Italian Photographer Drops Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Drake

Slipknot Withdraws Lawsuit Against Owner of slipknot.com As Site Goes Blank

Major Labels, Spotify Sue Anna’s Archive Over Alleged Scraping Scheme — Multiple Domain Takedowns Follow Preliminary Injunction