The heirs of Ed Townsend — who co-wrote 'Let’s Get It On' with Marvin Gaye — made a first step in an appeal process by filing a notice of appeal Thursday with a federal court in New York,

A jury in a Manhattan court found on May 4 that Ed Sheeran had not infringed the copyright of 'Let's Get It On' in his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’, written in 2014 with Amy Wadge, in a case initailly filed by the heirs of Townsend.

Billboard reported that he notice of appeal is the first step toward asking...

A recent law passed by the legislature in Arkansas and signed into law by the Governor of the State that would restrict the access to books has been challenged by a broad coalition of authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and readers.

In a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas against the State of Arkansas, they argue that the passing into law of Arkansas Act 372 would restrict "access to books in bookstores and libraries located within the state, and ...

A Chinese court has required tech giants and competitors Tencent and Douyin to filter and delete copyright infringing videos on their short-video platforms, according to a report from the No 1 Intermediate Court in Chongqing.

Tencent has filed a series of lawsuits in recent years against short-video app Douyin, which is operated by ByteDance, alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted content.

The court decision follows a first lawsuit filed in June 2021 by Tencent with the No 1 Intermedia...