Intellectual Property Protection

Cox Communications has fired back against BMG and Rightscorp for allegedly engaging in an “abusive and unfair campaign” of deliberately sending thousands of copyright infringement notices to an “improper emai... Read More...

In late March, Digital Music News was first to report that Spotify had settled the billion-dollar copyright-infringement lawsuit brought against it by indie label Sosa Entertainment and performing rights orga... Read More...

Matt Simons performing live in Berlin in 2016. Photo Credit: Denis Apel “Catch & Release” singer-songwriter Matt Simons has taken legal action against Universal Music Group’s Republic Records for allegedl... Read More...

Venice, Italy. Photo Credit: canmandawe The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is officially pursuing legal action against Vimeo over the New York City-headquartered video-sharing se... Read More...

Photo Credit: Andy Witchger / CC by 2.0 Lizzo (full name Melissa Jefferson) has scored another major victory in her much-publicized “Truth Hurts” copyright infringement lawsuit against brothers Justin and Jer... Read More...

Eminem. Photo Credit: EJ Hersom / CC by 2.0 Judge Aleta A. Trauger has denied the HFA’s motion to dismiss the copyright infringement lawsuit it’s facing from Eminem publisher Eight Mile Style – while also det... Read More...

Last July, Grammy-winning jazz professional Maria Schneider named YouTube in a class-action lawsuit for allegedly discriminating against certain creators with its Content ID program. Now, Schneider has formal... Read More...

Florida-based performing rights organization (PRO) Pro Music Rights has provided official updates on a pair of high-profile settlements that it finalized back in December of 2020, with a Chinese medical-canna... Read More...

Bob Dylan performing live. Photo Credit: Alberto Cabello In late January, Bob Dylan was named in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit for allegedly failing to honor the terms of a contract he’d inked with songwriter... Read More...

Taylor Swift and Pleasant Grove, Utah-based Evermore Park have officially dropped their lawsuits against one another. The first of the two legal actions initiated last month, when Evermore Park – which start... Read More...

One week back, Digital Music News was first to report that a judge had lifted the 60-day stay in Sosa Entertainment’s much-publicized courtroom confrontation with Spotify – presumably because their settlement... Read More...