Hugh Stephens Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Last week I posted a blog on the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA), draft US legislation that seeks to end the exemption that US terrestrial broadcasters enjoy with respect to payment of broadcast royalties to performers and labels for playing recorded music.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

In a complaint filed at a Nashville federal court last spring , Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others, accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. The attempt was partially successful; last month, the court dismissed the music companies’ direct and vicarious copyright infringement claims.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 26, 2021

However, there is another element at play, and that’s the changing nature of music itself. Too Many Cooks… In 2017, Music Week performed a study looking at the top hits of the year 2016 and found that the songs had, on average, 4.53 In short, it’s getting much more complicated to write and publish. Bottom Line.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 5, 2024

As a stable asset class that has fared well amid economic uncertainty, music catalogs have attracted much attention from both private equity firms and music industry corporations that are attuned to increasingly lucrative royalty fees and spikes in music streaming.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is a review of Music Borrowing and Copyright Law, a Genre-by-Genre Analysis , edited by Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Chen Wei Zhu (University of Birmingham). Heald suggests that Aplin and Bently offer one half of the response, and this volume provides the other, within the music context.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This includes text but images, videos, and music are regularly posted as well. Music companies have repeatedly complained about X too. Swiss music collective management outfit SUISA Digital is one of these complainants. To compensate for the alleged wrongdoing, the music rights group demands monetary compensation.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Earlier this year, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others filed a complaint at a Nashville federal court, accusing Elon Musk’s X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. As a result, X is reportedly rife with music piracy. The music companies see things differently.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 15, 2023

Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules, but according to a lawsuit filed this week by several prominent music companies, Twitter is not among them. As a result, Twitter is reportedly rife with music piracy. According to the music companies, these advertisements are also clearly visible around infringing content.

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The Illusion of More

JANUARY 19, 2024

In what should be a surprise to nobody, […] The post Fraud in Music Streaming on Legit Platforms appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This includes Universal Music Group ( UMG ), which sees both the good and bad aspects of this rapidly developing technology. UMG’s Vice President of Global Content Protection, Graeme Grant, lays out the music company’s perspective in a detailed contribution sent to WIPO in advance.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

Pretty much every decade in music history has had their copyright battles. Four headline-grabbing lawsuits in one week may be a fluke, but it is an indicator of a a growing issue for many in the music industry. Why is there a sudden increase in the number of lawsuits over popular music? Blurred Times Still Remain.

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IPilogue

MARCH 16, 2022

On February 4, the Recording Industry Association of America (“RIAA”) sent a demand letter to HitPiece.com’s lawyer and its founders, demanding that it stops infringing music creators’ intellectual property rights. Music NFTs Create New Possibilities for Artists. Concerns Regarding Music NFTs.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Every year, a diverse community of over 40,000 music creators in India produces a remarkable 20,000 to 25,000 original songs! The country’s music publishing industry has grown significantly, reaching INR 845 crore during FY 2022-23. 382-1 , the 1983 German scheme for artists , and Latin American labor codes.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Part of its mandate is to keep an eye on how the music industry evolves. This includes legal consumption as well as unauthorized offerings, more commonly known as music piracy. Music piracy exists in various forms but in recent years stream-ripping has emerged as the most significant.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 28, 2023

Instead of the usual DMCA copyright notices, the music group asked the search engine to remove various URLs for alleged violations of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision. While the RIAA kicked off the great purge, the music group has since received help from the British music group BPI.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 28, 2023

Before ChatGPT and other AI tools started to dominate the news, the music industry had already shared its concerns over the potential threats posed to its business. As such, it is no surprise that the topic is also mentioned in IFPI’s annual Global Music Report , which discusses the state of the global music industry.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 5, 2023

As music streaming services grow in popularity, more people have included them as part of their daily lives. On November 29th, The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released its final report of its market study into music and music streaming. First, virtually anyone can share their music.

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Swift, in being denied an opportunity to bid for her masters, announced in late 2020 that she would re-record her entire pre-2019 catalogue in order to regain control of her music and limit the profitability of Ithaca’s asset. All music can be subdivided into three categories of copyright: lyrical, compositional, and sound.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2024

Frontier vs. Music and Movie Companies Most of these lawsuits take place in federal courts, but the New York bankruptcy court is dealing with a similar dispute. The ISP submitted a motion for judgment on the pleadings, asking the court to dismiss the claims from the movie and music companies, noting that these fail “as a matter of law.”

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2024

While the software doesn’t host or feature infringing content, the Indian Music Industry ( IMI ) reached a different conclusion. IMI represents the interests of local music companies and record labels, including familiar names such as Universal Music India, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music India.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules but, according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies last year, X is not among them. In a lawsuit filed at a federal court in Nashville last summer, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, and others accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2023

According to Cox, the Twitter terrorist ruling clearly shows that it isn’t liable for pirating subscribers, but the music companies see things differently. Terrorists vs. Pirates Earlier this week, the music labels responded in court, countering Cox’s arguments.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

With the rise of online streaming services like Spotify and YouTube over the last two decades, listening to music has arguably changed for the better. Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers. Spotify settled the lawsuit with $43.4

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IP Law 360

MARCH 13, 2024

HarbourView Equity Partners said Wednesday it has secured about $500 million in debt financing through a music asset-backed securitization led by KKR, which will be used to further expand HarbourView's music investment capabilities.

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Copyright Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Music has changed over the years. The post Music Copyright Cases Musicians Should Know appeared first on Copyright Alliance. From the earliest Gregorian Chant to classical works by Beethoven and Mozart, and from the early days of rock and roll to current hip […].

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Music is an artistic work which is subject to copyright protection. Music lovers can now effortlessly stream music from anywhere in the world. Even in restaurants, bars, and lounges, the music is played to entertain their customers, whether by employing DJs or playing music through sound systems.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 17, 2024

A buyer of music songwriting rights has pushed back against arguments from pop star Ed Sheeran that allegedly copied musical elements were not infringing because they were not included in the copyrighted sheet music, telling the Second Circuit the sheet music shouldn't limit what portions of songs are protected.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JULY 19, 2021

From the title of this draft legislation, introduced into the US House of Representatives in late June, you can surmise that something is unfair about music in America.

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IPilogue

MAY 4, 2022

You may remember the big music copyright infringement case of 2012 , where Robin Thicke was sued by Marvin Gaye over claims that Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”. This prevented typical building blocks of Western music , such as arpeggios or musical phrases, from being copyrighted.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2024

The Fourth Circuit's recent decision in Sony Music v.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 12, 2024

Proposed bills at the federal and state level were announced January 10, both intended to protect recording artists and the music industry from unauthorized “soundalike” vocals created using artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 2, 2024

Pirates are present in all age groups but and music, movies en TV-shows tend to be in highest demand and younger people. Indonesian consumers are also more familiar with music piracy sites and pirate much more frequently than Thai consumers, as the table below shows.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2022

The music industry has battled against various forms piracy for several decades, but it’s hard to root out. In recent years music publishers have repeatedly spoken out against online platforms that use their music without a proper license. Unlicensed Platforms and Apps. NMPA Sues Vinkle. The Vinkle Complaint ( pdf ).

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

Following the #BrokenRecord and #FixStreaming campaigns, the UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee launched into an inquiry into the impact of music streaming o n artists, record labels and the sustainability of the wider music industry. Katposts here.] Some of the key regulatory recommendations are discussed in this post.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2023

The major record labels don’t want the public to download music from YouTube, which is common practice for millions of people. To stop this, the music industry titans deployed a variety of legal tactics around the world. YouTube-DL’s services have enabled users to stream rip and download copyrighted music without paying.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 11, 2023

Sony Music Spain on Monday accused the owners of a Colorado house music record label of allegedly violating a licensing agreement by creating an unauthorized version of a copyrighted track.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The anti-piracy group is known to target stream-rippers that allow people to download music from YouTube. RIAA Flags Music Apps In recent weeks, we have seen a series of notices from the RIAA that target music download apps in Google Play. The takedown notices all target music-related apps.

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