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YouTube Aims to Simplify Music Licensing

Plagiarism Today

Specifically, YouTube is taking steps to make it easier for YouTubers to license popular music for their videos. Entitled Creator Music, the system makes it easy to for YouTubers to license available songs and maintain monetization of their videos. How Creator Music Works. Why Creator Music is Important.

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3 Count: Bridgerton’s Musical

Plagiarism Today

1: Netflix Slams Unofficial ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Creators in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. First off today, Larisha Paul at Rolling Stone reports that Netflix has filed a lawsuit against a duo of musicians alleging that they violated an agreement and staged live performances of their album the Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.

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Music Company Asks Google to Delist ‘YouTube Downloader’ Wikipedia Article

TorrentFreak

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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The American Music Fairness Act (AMFA): The Canadian Dimension

Hugh Stephens Blog

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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Retroactive Credit and the Future of Music Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

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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Small Jazz Musician Foils Apple Music Trademark Registration

Patently-O

The companies eventually settled the case with Apple Computer paying $80k and agreeing to stay out of the music business. expanded into music via iTunes and other services. to use the mark in connection with its music-related products and services. to use the mark in connection with its music-related products and services.

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Michelle’s Country Music Murals: An Update?

Hugh Stephens Blog

The disagreement was over who held the copyright to a series of murals that … Continue reading "Michelle’s Country Music Murals: An Update?" that I wrote a couple of years ago about muralist Michelle Loughery and her copyright dispute with the Merritt Walk of Stars Society.

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