IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information. One of the most significant methods to safeguard material on social media is through copyright. Make intangible assets.

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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 social media company allegedly failed to respond adequately to takedown notices and lacks a proper termination policy.

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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. In many cases, users upload infringing music videos to the platform. copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

This includes the music industry group IFPI , which represents roughly 8,000 music companies around the world. IFPI submitted a 36-page document that begins by highlighting the harm piracy does to the music industry. According to IFPI, a group of social media platforms and messenger services have become increasingly problematic.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, filed suit on Wednesday in California state court against the owner behind social media accounts accused of leaking confidential music without permission, alleging contract breach and trade secret misappropriation.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 16, 2023

On June 14, a series of 17 music publishers, members of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), filed a lawsuit in the Middle District of Tennessee against the social media platform, Twitter.

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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. The music companies believe so, as X made it very easy to upload infringing material and monetized pirated content on its platform.

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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. These sites use strategies like the “rug pull” and phishing scams via social media to drain cyptocurrency from fans’ wallets.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2022

More commonly, I see litigation over a social media user quoting someone else’s rap lyrics. The post When Will Courts Admit Rap Videos/Lyrics Posted to Social Media as Evidence?–US .” The court then turns to the relevancy of the evidence (FRE 403). Implications. Case citation : U.S. July 8, 2022).

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2023

Supreme Court recently held that the social media platform isn’t liable for ISIS terrorists, who used Twitter to recruit and raise funds. According to Cox, the Twitter terrorist ruling clearly shows that it isn’t liable for pirating subscribers, but the music companies see things differently.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

A music production company has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in California federal court accusing Major League Soccer and a host of its professional teams of using, without permission, hundreds of its cataloged mostly instrumental musical recordings on social media for marketing purposes.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JANUARY 1, 2024

A recent case involving Plaintiff Watson Music Group, LLC. d/b/a Quadrasound Music and Defendant Borshoff, Inc. Plaintiff Watson Music Group, a Florida -based limited liability company , alleges that Defendant Borshoff, Inc., an Indiana corporation, infringed upon its copyrighted musical work titled “ Space Jam.”

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

1: Sony Music Ends Copyright Fight with Gymshark Over Social Media Posts. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Sony Music and UK fitness apparel brand Gymshark have settled their lawsuit over Gymshark’s alleged use of Sony’s music in social media posts.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 5, 2021

2: Now Sony Music Sues Energy Drink Brand Bang Over Unlicensed Music in Social Media Videos. However, across all of their social media channels, they have uploaded various videos featuring their product but making unlicensed use of Sony’s music.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Supreme Court denies a hearing to music publishers who accused a website of infringing on the copyright of live music performances; the U.S. This week in Other Barks & Bites: The U.S.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 8, 2022

Sony Music has pressed a Florida federal court to sanction Bang Energy, alleging that it deleted hundreds of social media videos at the center of Sony's copyright suit over music it claims was stolen and arguing that the drink maker failed to preserve "critical evidence."

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IP Law 360

JULY 12, 2022

Universal Music Group has shown that energy drink maker Bang Energy directly infringed copyrighted music in its TikTok videos promoting its products, but hasn't proven Bang is liable for infringing videos created by social media influencers, a Florida federal judge ruled Monday.

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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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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 30, 2023

Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether pop artist Andy Warhol’s artwork made fair use of a photo of a music legend, Prince, in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. HOW ANDY WARHOL IS STILL SHAPING AMERICAN COPYRIGHT LAW In October 2022, the U.S. Lynn Goldsmith.

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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.]

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 13, 2023

This session was held across two panels and discussed the copyright implications of AI-generated content (AIGC) in music and sound recordings. The panelists consisted of various stakeholders in the music industry such as founders of AIGC music companies, songwriters, professors, and counsel to music and streaming companies.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 3, 2022

Nettwerk Music Group has long been recognized as one of Canada’s leading independent music companies. The company has a reputation for embracing innovation: it was one of the first to drop digital rights management technologies from MP3 music sales and focused on fan preferences in the marketing and distribution of music.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Music publishers sued Twitter for users’ alleged copyright infringement. ” The court also rejects the argument that “the operator of a social media platform materially contributes to infringement simply because there are some preventive steps that the operator could have taken but did not.”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 15, 2023

Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules, but according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies earlier this year, X is not among them. ” The music companies say that while many online platforms have agreed to licensing deals, X has shown little interest in compensating musicians. .

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JD Supra Law

MAY 10, 2024

See Warner Chappell Music Inc. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Supreme Court confirmed that “[t]he Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to obtain monetary relief for any timely infringement claim, no matter when the infringement occurred.” Sherman Nealy et al., 22-1078 (May 9, 2024).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Readers will no doubt be aware of the recent UK Economics of Music Streaming Inquiry by the Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee [ Katposts here ], which investigated the impact of music streaming on artists remuneration, as well as other issues around the fairness and sustainability of the wider music industry.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 1, 2024

Copyright can extend to advertisement copy, manuals, visuals, art, photography, storyboards, scripts, film, video, online components, mobile apps, social media posts, websites, music, developed characters appearing in ads, and logos. A properly maintained copyright portfolio is essential to any successful brand owner.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

July 11, 2022) involves a copyright infringement action brought by a group of music publishers and record companies against an energy drink and sports nutrition supplement company doing business as Bang Energy and its CEO. UMG Recordings, Inc. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2022 WL 2670339 (S.D. By: Hinch Newman LLP

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IP Law 360

MARCH 14, 2024

Despite Universal Music Group's recent withdrawal of TikTok's licensing rights to its music catalog, the platform struggles to control uploads and reproductions of copyrighted material, highlighting the inherent tension between creative freedom and effective rights control in the age of social media, says Simon Goodbody at Bray & Krais.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 10, 2022

First off today, Ryan Naumann at Radar Online reports that photographer Al Pereira has filed a lawsuit against the rapper Nas claiming copyright infringement over a post on social media. In 2019, several music companies filed the lawsuit against RCN, alleging that the ISP did not take adequate measures to combat piracy on its service.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In a move that underscores the escalating tension between the music industry and artificial intelligence (AI), many of the world’s largest music publishers have filed a joint lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic over song lyrics. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 20, 2023

A new track by Drake and The Weeknd is going viral on social media and is bound to top the charts. The song “Heart on my Sleeve” details the emotional trauma of The Weeknd’s breakup with pop star Selena Gomez in a tear jerker that extends just over two minutes. million times on TikTok.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 28, 2022

I’ve been blessed over the years to be able to work with a lot of clients that are in the music industry – whether they’re performers, producers, music labels, music websites—all different aspects of the industry – to help protect their brands.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

While Sanremo is over for this year, this Kat is still musing on possible IP issues during the most appreciated Italian music show. As a digital entrepreneur, she represents one of the most influential people in the business of social media. This year, Chiara Ferragni took on that role for the first and for the last night.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

The world’s largest record company says it has a clear view of the legal landscape surrounding AI-generated music. If you’ve been glued to news coverage of the Ed Sheeran trial for the past two weeks, you may have missed an even bigger story from the world of music copyright. The reality is more complicated.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

The commercial use of personal data—accumulated via digital streams, online searches and applications that capture an individual’s musical tastes and listening habits —drives the way music is commoditized, consumed and promoted. Others see them as a detrimental barrier to data-dependent growth in music.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

TikTok Pirates For example, when a viral clip from a TV series is making the rounds on social media platforms, one could argue that this serves as free advertising. This conclusion is quite intuitive in a social media world where ‘influencers’ are widely used to promote content.

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