Federal judge Aileen Cannon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida handed Taylor Swift a victory by dismissing with prejudice a copyright infringement case filed in February 2025 by poet Kimberly Marasco against Swift, Aaron Dessner, Republic Records and Universal Music Group. Marasco accused Swift of plagiarism by copying excerpts of two of her poetry books in at least a dozen of her songs. Douglas Baldridge, who served as outside legal counsel to Swift and 13 ...

A group of a dozen book publishers — including the five main book publishing houses: Hachette, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan and ​Simon & Schuster — have sued online platform WeLib for alleged copyright infringement in the US District Court for the ⁠Southern ​District of New York. The publishers, who are all member companies of the Association of American Publishers (APA), said they brought this action "to stop the mass distribution by Defendants of millions of legally prote...

The UK Musicians' Union has announced its support to the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) in the legal action launched against Warner Music Group (WMG) and Universal Music Group (UMG) over licensing deals with AI companies. In the lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, AFM accuses UMG and WMG of “Breach of a Labor Contract” for failing to compensate musicians taking part in recordings that have been part of a settlement with AI companies such as Udio...