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Ye — a.k.a. Kanye West — sued by the Estate of Donna Summer in California for the use of ‘I Feel Love’ in the song ‘Good (Don’t Die)’

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The Estate of Donna Summer has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit with a Federal Court in California against rapper Ye, a.k.a. Kanye West, for allegedly using without a license a portion of her 1977 track 'I Feel Love' into his song Good (Don't Die), from the album 'Vultures 1', released on February 10. Ye and singer Ty Dolla $ign are accused in the lawsuit of having used "instantly recognisable" parts of her song in 'Good (Don't Die)'. The lawsuit said the Estate had explicitly rejected th...

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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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The UK Musicians’ Union supports the American Federation of Musicians’ legal action against record labels over AI deals

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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...

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X Corp. files motion to dismiss in music publishers’ infringement lawsuit

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Elon Musk's X Corp. has filed with the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee a motion to dismiss the copyright infringement lawsuit initially filed in 2023 by a group of music publishers, including Concord Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music. In the lawsuit, the publishers argued that X Corp., formerly Twitter, had infringed on over 1700 copyrights they owned and were seeking statutory damages of up to $250 million. X Corp. ch...

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Global Music Rights sues Music Choice for alleged willful infringement

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Privately-owned US music rights society Global Music Rights (GMR) has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California against online radio operator Music Choice for “repeatedly and willfully" infringing upon GMR repertoire. GMR alleges that Music Choice has "publicly performed no fewer than 95 GMR compositions without authorisation." GMR contends that even after receiving formal notice to stop playing GMR works, Music Choice "kept performin...

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