copyright

J. Dilla 'Donuts' sample of a 10cc song subject of a new copyright infringement lawsuit

J. Dilla’s massively influential, crate-digging 2006 masterpiece, Donuts, is at the center of a new copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that the album included a sample of 10cc’s “The Worst Band in the World” without permission for the track “Workinonit.”

Marc Jacobs countersues Nirvana over smiley face logo use

Nirvana initially sued designer Marc Jacobs in December of 2018 over a shirt in his Redux Grunge collection, the (aptly named?) ”Bootleg Grunge tee.”

Trump signs Music Modernization Act into law (Kid Rock, Mike Love & more were there)

The Music Modernization Act updates copyright and royalties for the digital age, and more.

Canadian proto-grunge band Slow are back, planning new music, playing shows

”Were Slow influential? Absolutely. When I was coming up in the early and mid-’80s, everybody went to every good show, and whenever Slow came to Seattle, they put on a great show,” Sub Pop co-founder Jonathan Poneman said.

Phantogram's new label Universal blocks new Phantogram song from band's own YouTube page (listen anyway)

As you can see in the above screen shot, UMG aka Universal Music Group isn’t too happy that someone posted Phantogram‘s first new song in two years to YouTube…

RZA countersuing against copyright infringement claims related to Kanye West track

RZA screams “J’Accuse!!!” at Teichiku Ent. (more by Dana Yavin) RZA is taking a bold move of fighting back against a copyright infringement lawsuit, filing a lawsuit of his own against JVC Kenwood Holdings, which includes Teichiku Entertainment:RZA (born Robert Diggs) is upset that the record label Island Def Jam has withheld more than $50,000 in royalties based on the claims that one of Teichiku’s sound recordings was illicitly used on Kanye West’s 2010 song, “Dark Fantasy,” which RZA produced…

ISPs to start tracking ilicit file-sharing with "six strikes plan"

Heads up, file-sharers: The nation’s major internet service providers by year’s end will institute a so-called six-strikes plan, the “Copyright Alert System” initiative backed by the Obama administration and pushed by Hollywood and the major record labels to disrupt and possibly terminate internet access for online copyright scofflaws…

MySpace forcing Apple to change its music note icon

Oh no! PC Magazine reports:Social network Myspace is back, and it’s honing in on Apple‘s territory. As noted by GigaOm, trademark judges last week denied Cupertino’s attempt to protect its music app image, saying that users might confuse it with the mark already owned by Myspace…

Disney rips off Anamanaguchi

Not saying that Disney even realizes it, or knows who the band Anamanaguchi is, especially Mickey Mouse who is too busy at meetings and filming TV shows to know what’s going on with random app commercials the company posts to YouTube, but it’s a blatant rip-off nonetheless, as you can hear below…

The GAP stole Judas Priest design (from 'Screaming For Vengeance' which recently turned 30)

According to Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, the heavy-metal legends are considering legal action against clothing retailer the GAP over a T-shirt design-which has since been removed from the company’s website-that bears an undeniable resemblance to the cover art of the band’s classic album, …
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