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French court confirms Maurice Ravel’s ‘Bolero’ is in the public domain

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A French court in Nanterre has ruled that the 'Bolero' composed by Maurice Ravel is definitely into the public domain and the work is no longer copyright protected. The ruling can still be appealed. The court was ruling on a copyright dispute involving the heirs of Alexandre Benois, a stage designer who worked on the original performance of 'Bolero' when it was first performed at the Paris Opera in 1928, to French right society SACEM, which declined to recognise Benois as co-author. The heirs of...

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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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Dutch authors and journalists send cease-and-desist letter to Meta over the use of copyrighted works to train Llama

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February 27, 2026

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The Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ), the Authors’ Union (Auteursbond), and writers’ rights organisation Lira Foundation have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta, enjoining the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to using copyrighted material written by Dutch authors, reporters, and translators to train its Llama artificial intelligence models. NVJ General Secretary Thomas Bruning said the letter was a first step. If Meta fails to address the issue exposed in the letter, the organ...

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Appeals Court reverses previous decision granting BMI a 138% rise in royalties for performance rights in the live sector

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February 25, 2026

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The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a judgment of the Southern District of New York which granted US rights society BMI a 138% increase in royalty rates for performance rights paid by the live sector. Live industry organisation North American Concert Promoters Association (NACPA) appealed a 2023 ruling from District Judge Louis L. Stanton, who awarded BMI the increase in royalties after the two parties failed to reach a rate and a revenue based through negotiation. The district c...

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Motion Picture Association urges ByteDance to stop using movies and TV shows to train Seedance 2.0 in cease-and-desist letter

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February 24, 2026

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The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has enjoined Chinese company ByteDance to stop training its new AI-powered video generating platform Seedance 2.0 with copyrighted movies and TV shows from its studio members, and to take major steps to implement meaningful safeguards. In a cease-and-desist letter sent to ByteDance Global General Counsel John Rogovin, the MPA's ​General Counsel Karyn Temple wrote that time had come for “far more than general statements" from the AI company. The MPA is expecti...

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