copyright

Facebook recently unveiled its updated music guidelines that are being introduced on Oct.1. The ambiguous guidelines confused many, especially bands who use the platform for livestreaming and to share their music. Now, the company is clarifying what its new rules mean for artists on Facebook. Read more: Original Bad Brains frontman Sid McCray has died […]

Nirvana filed a lawsuit against the famous clothing designer Marc Jacobs last December, accusing the brand of copyright and trademark infringement. The band claims Jacobs used the infamous “Happy Face” logo without permission, insinuating that all merchandise by the clothing label containing that logo was endorsed by the grunge icons. Read more: IDKHOW on “Christmas […]

It looks like Spotify could be in trouble after the team behind Eminem filed a major copyright infringement lawsuit against the streaming giant. Em’s publisher Eight Mile Style has accused Spotify of reproducing nearly 250 of the rapper’s songs without consent, totaling damages that could be in the billions. Read more: 10 songs every scene kid […]

In the year of 20NineScene it looks like Myspace will come into play in a copyright infringement trial regarding a popular Katy Perry track. In regards “Dark Horse,” Perry and her team are requesting that potential jurors be questioned about their Myspace pages. What year is it? Read more: State Champs question H&M after fan spots […]

R.E.M. have successfully gotten Twitter to take down a video where the President of the United States, Donald Trump uses their song “Everybody Hurts.” According to Consequence of Sound, the band filed copyright infringement on Donald Trump through their publisher. In an effort to troll the left, Donald Trump re-posted an Infowars winning video that depicts […]

Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” has sent the internet into a frenzy. However, all of the publicity has summoned the attention of alternative rapper Princess Nokia, and her response is far from positive. Princess Nokia claims that Grande’s latest song rips off “Mine,” from her 2017 release 1992 Deluxe. In a video the rapper shared to […]

[Photos by: Chuck Grant, Radiohead/YouTube] After being accused of copyright infringement for reportedly using melodic elements from Radiohead's “Creep” in her song “Get Free,” singer Lana Del Rey is saying her lawsuit with the English rock band has been settled. Read more: Did Lana Del Rey rip off Radiohead's “Creep”? Del Rey came under fire […]

Hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan are being sued for copyright infringement over their song “People Say.” Read more: Martin Shkreli ordered to forfeit his rare Wu-Tang Clan album According to TMZ, '60s soul trio The Diplomats claim that Mathematics, a producer for Wu-Tang, ripped off the “melody, lyrics and rhythm” of their 1969 track “I've […]

[Photo by: “Shake It Off”/YouTube] Taylor Swift might be trying to leave her previous eras behind (as made obvious by her “Look What You Made Me Do” music video…), but it doesn’t look like she’ll be doing that too easily. Swift has reportedly been hit by a copyright lawsuit from songwriters Sean Hall and Nate […]

Copyright issues have been questioned in regards to individuals using songs at rallies, meetings, etc. without the artist's consent. The most recent of which would be the use of Survivor's “Eye Of The Tiger” by controversial Christian extremist, Kim Davis. We’ve come to know Davis as the Rowan County clerk in Kentucky who spent five […]

A long-talked-about but never enacted (until yesterday) anti-piracy movement has begun. The Copyright Alert System (CAS)–or what is popularly being called the “six strikes” system–will see Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon, issuing “strikes” to users they believe are engaging in illegal  downloading. The Huffington Post reports, “Critics […]