The French Competition Authority, the country’s antitrust watchdog, has fined Alphabet’s Google $593 million after the company failed to comply with orders on how to approach talks with France-based news publishers during their copyright fight. This fine is in response to international pressure on Google, Facebook and other online platforms for a more equitable sharing […]
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The estate of pop artist Robert Indiana and Morgan Art Foundation have reached a settlement that lets the organization continue a longstanding tradition of promoting and preserving his work. The foundation is the copyright holder for the artist’s iconic 1960s “LOVE” series, which has been made into sculptures worldwide and was even celebrated on a
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Rapper Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) has been accused of copyright infringement for his 2018 hit song, “The is America.” This is America vs. Made in America – Is it Copyright Infringement? Florida rapper Emelike Nwosuocha, known as Kidd Wes, claims that Gambino copied key features of his song “Made in America” for his own composition,
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A court has ordered Australian mining tycoon Clive Palmer to pay damages of A$1.5 million (U.S. $1.2 million) to Universal Music for infringing on Twisted Sister’s copyright for their 1984 hit, “We Not Gonna Take It,” which he used in political ads. The lawsuit claimed that Palmer used the song, with altered lyrics, in advertising
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In what has been dubbed the “copyright case of the century,” Oracle and Google have been locked in a decade-long copyright battle. Software firm Oracle accused tech giant Google of stealing lines of code from its Java programming language for Google’s Android mobile device operating system. Google argued that computer code could not be copyrighted
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A photographer who claimed that Andy Warhol infringed her photo of Prince from 1981 has won a huge victory from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. In the mid-1980s, Lynn Goldsmith licensed her Prince image to Vanity Fair. They in turn commissioned Warhol to create a silkscreen. Warhol went on to create 15 more works
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Nicki Minaj avoids the court trial by offering Tracy Chapman a cash settlement of $450,000 for using her track, “Baby Can I Hold You” without the singer-songwriter’s permission. Chapman accepted the offer. California federal court documents became public when Chapman accepted the offer, and because of this, the trial, scheduled for later in the year,
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Congressional leaders have revealed their comprehensive spending and COVID-19 relief bill, which includes controversial copyright initiatives that civil liberties advocates worry could punish internet users for ordinary online behavior. Measures found in the $2.3 trillion spending package include the Trademark Modernization Act, the CASE Act, and a felony streaming proposal. All of these expand the
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As Donald Trump seems certain to lose his 2020 presidential bid, singer-songwriter Neil Young has decided not to continue to fight him in court over the use of his songs “Devil’s Sidewalk” and “Rockin’ in the Free World” at Trump’s campaign rallies. Papers were filed on Monday to dismiss the copyright case. Back in August,
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Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, announced on its blog that it has signed copyright agreements with six French magazines and newspapers, including Le Figaro and Le Monde. These agreements follow months of negotiations between the tech giant, French news agencies and publishers, where they decided how to apply the EU’s updated copyright rules, which let
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