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FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com operator Tofig Kurbanov withdraws his appeal in stream-ripping case brought by the RIAA

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Tofig Kurbanov, the Russian operator of the stream-ripping service FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com, has voluntarily withdrawn his appeal against a ruling that ordered him to pay $83 million in damages to the RIAA for copyright infringement and DMCA circumvention. A filing with the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stated: "Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b), the parties hereby stipulate and agree that the above-captioned appeal is dismissed with prejudice. Each party shall bear ...

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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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Anthropic files motion claiming that the use of song lyrics to train AI-powered chatbot Claude was ‘transformative’

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April 22, 2026

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Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has filed a motion for summary judgment and opposition to a motion filed previously by music publishers for partial summary judgment with the US District Court for the Northern ⁠District of ​California in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by music publishing companies Universal Music Group (UMG), Concord ‌and ABKCO. The publishers sued Anthropic in 2023, accusing the company of using a significant number of copyrighted lyrics to songs they own o...

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440,000 works will each receive $3,000 as part of Anthropic’s $1.5bn settlement

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April 19, 2026

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A record number of authors and other copyright holders have filed claims for compensation for the use of works covered by the $1.5 billion settlement between AI firm Anthropic and a class of authors, alongside their publishers, in the Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit, according to a ​filing with the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. The April 16 filing reads: "In accordance with the Joint Case Management Statement filed on January 15, 2026, Plaintiffs respectf...

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Universal Music Group settles infringement case with Believe/TuneCore

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April 6, 2026

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Universal Music Group (UMG) has settled its copyright infringement case against independent music company Believe and its affiliate TuneCore, a services and distrbution company for self-released artists. The two parties filed on April 3 a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, calling on the court for the dismissal "of all claims," and informing the judge that each party "will bear their own costs and fees." No other detail...

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