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Rick Astley seeks ‘million of dollars’ from rapper Yung Gravy for impersonating his voice in ‘Betty (Get Money)’

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British singer and songwriter Rick Astley has sued American rapper Yung Gravy in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that the 2022 song 'Betty (Get Money)' infringed on his right of publicity.

Astley objects in the suit to the featuring in the song of singer Popnick, who imitated Astley's voice and tone from 1987's song 'Never Gonna Give You Up', which was written by Stock Aitken Waterman. In addition, Astley's lawyers claim these actions violates California Civil Code § 3344 and constitut...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Court finds in favour of book publishers in the legal case against Internet Archive

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The United States District Court in the Southern District of New York has delivered a win to book publishers in their legal action against the Internet Archive.

The court granted granted summary judgement for publishers Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House, and rejected the summary judgement request from the IA.

The publishers were suing the IA for allegedly infringing their copyrights in 127 books by scanning print copies of the works and l...

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The Weeknd settles infringement lawsuit related to the track ‘Call Out My Name’

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Suniel Fox and Henry Strange, members of the electro duo Epikker, who sued The Weeknd two years for copyright infringement over his 2018 track 'Call Out My Name', have filed a motion Los Angeles federal court in which they inform the court that they have reached a settlement with Defendant. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

“The parties have reached a settlement in principle of this action. Because the parties are still in the process of formalising, executing, and consummating that...

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Texas court dismisses Kirk Johnson’s lawsuit against Nickelback

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A US District Court dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Nickelback and music publisher Warner Chappell Music by singer and songwriter Kirk Johnston, from the band Snowblind Revival, who claimed that the Canadian rock band ​copied his 2001 song 'Rock Star' in their namesake song, released on Nickelback’s 2005 album 'All the Right Reasons'. 

Johnston argued in the May 2020 lawsuit that the lyrics of the songs had similarities in the description of rock star's lives. In add...

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