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Bandcamp Faces Legal Action From Visually Impaired Musicians

May 3, 2022

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...

Bandcamp Joins Litigation Against Google Over Google Play Billing – Seeks Injunction

Ashley King

May 3, 2022

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...

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...

Epic Games’ Bandcamp Faces Possible Play Store Removal Amid Billing-Policy Dispute

Dylan Smith

April 29, 2022

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...

European Union High Court Upholds Article 17 of Controversial Copyright Directive — Music Industry Organizations React

Dylan Smith

April 26, 2022

The building for the EU's Court of Justice in Luxembourg. Photo Credit: Cédric Puisney The Court of Justice has officially upheld Article 17 of the controversial EU Copyright Directive, which makes certain “o... Read More...

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Justin Bieber Faces Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over Dan + Shay Collab, ‘10,000 Hours’

Ashley King

April 21, 2022

Photo Credit: Catherine Powell Justin Bieber is facing another copyright lawsuit over his Dan + Shay collab, "10,000 Hours." Here's what we know. According to newly filed documents, Bieber and the country-po... Read More...

Daniel Hernandez — aka Tekashi 6ix9ine — Hit With $2 Million ‘No-Show’ Lawsuit from Streamusic

Marsha Silva

April 21, 2022

Earlier this month, Brooklyn-born rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez) was hit with a whopping $2 million lawsuit from music streaming app Streamusic. Streamusic allows users to stream live music events... Read More...

SAG-AFTRA Announces Agreement to Separate Artist, Actor Components of California’s Fair Act

Dylan Smith

April 19, 2022

SAG-AFTRA has officially announced an agreement to “bifurcate the two critical issues in” California’s Fair Act (AB 2926), which would extend the state’s seven-year limit on entertainment-industry deals to th... Read More...

How the CRB Blew Out the NMPA’s Gaslight on Songwriters

Jody Dunitz

April 19, 2022

Vinyl records, one of several physical formats judged as 'de minimis' by the NMPA (photo: Bru-nO) The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) tried valiantly to serve the labels, its real patrons, in th... Read More...

Musicians Seek Class Action Certification In Lawsuit vs. UMG & Capitol Records

Ashley King

April 18, 2022

Photo Credit: Christian Chen A group of nine musicians are suing UMG and Capitol Records to regain control of their masters. That group filed a motion on Friday in NY courts seeking class-action certification... Read More...

Calvin Harris Faces Up to $1 Million ‘Slide’ Copyright Infringement Lawsuit In France

Dylan Smith

April 12, 2022

Calvin Harris performing live. Photo Credit: Amnesia Nightclub Calvin Harris is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over “Slide” (2017), which two French musicians say borrows from their “How Is It Gonna ... Read More...

U.S. Copyright Office Launches New Copyright Claims Board Website

Ashley King

April 10, 2022

Photo Credit: cdd20 The U.S. Copyright Office has launched a website for the Copyright Claims Board – the first copyright small-claims tribunal in the United States. The website will serve as a gateway to th... Read More...

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Bandcamp Faces Legal Action From Visually Impaired Musicians

Bandcamp Joins Litigation Against Google Over Google Play Billing – Seeks Injunction

Federal Court Orders ‘All’ ISPs to Block Film-Piracy Websites — Setting An Interesting Precedent for the Music Industry

Epic Games’ Bandcamp Faces Possible Play Store Removal Amid Billing-Policy Dispute

European Union High Court Upholds Article 17 of Controversial Copyright Directive — Music Industry Organizations React

Justin Bieber Faces Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over Dan + Shay Collab, ‘10,000 Hours’

Daniel Hernandez — aka Tekashi 6ix9ine — Hit With $2 Million ‘No-Show’ Lawsuit from Streamusic

SAG-AFTRA Announces Agreement to Separate Artist, Actor Components of California’s Fair Act

How the CRB Blew Out the NMPA’s Gaslight on Songwriters

Musicians Seek Class Action Certification In Lawsuit vs. UMG & Capitol Records

Calvin Harris Faces Up to $1 Million ‘Slide’ Copyright Infringement Lawsuit In France

U.S. Copyright Office Launches New Copyright Claims Board Website