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James Blake Vault music streaming solution

"I'm going to be able to drop way more music"

James Blake has announced his affiliation with a new music platform, Vault. Presented as an alternative to streaming, the platform aims to give fans exclusive...

EasyJet founder is suing DJ Easyfun for 'mimicking' airline's brand

“It’s very obvious that it’s meant as a joke"

easyGroup, the parent company of brands including easyJet and easyHotel, has started a trademark infringement case against electronic music producer and DJ Easyfun. The artist...

YouTube apologises for removing Lofi Girl videos due to false copyright claims

The Lofi Girl account tweeted: "We’re shocked and disappointed to see that there's still not any kind of protection or manual review of these false claims"

YouTube has apologised for wrongfully taking down popular livestream videos by the Lofi Girl channel over false copyright claims. Lofi Girl tweeted on 10th July...

The plaintiffs are producers Suniel Fox and Henry Strange

The Weeknd and Nicolás Jaar have been sued for copyright infringement.

The pair, alongside Toronto producer Frank Dukes, have been sued by producers Suniel Fox...

10% less people are illegally accessing music this year than in 2018

Music piracey levels have dropped over 10% in 20 countries in the 16-64 years old demographic, a report from The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry...

Parts of 'Metall Auf Metall' did appear on Sabrina Setlur's 'Nur Mir'... 

Kraftwerk have won a 20-year copyright dispute over an unauthorised sample from the band's 1977 track, 'Metall Auf Metall'. 

A two-second clip was believed to...

The results were taken from Harvard International Masters of Law...

Most lawyers agreed that certain types of copyright infringement are acceptable, a study has found.

Conducted by Professor Dariusz Jemielniak of Kozminski University, 100 Harvard...

It's thanks to Pioneer striking up a deal with rights management company Dubset...

Pioneer is now allowing DJs to clear rights for the DJ mixes they record through its iOS app DJM-REC.

Users will be able to clear...

Also in licensing talks with major labels...

Facebook is in the process of building an content recognition system, a new report by the Financial Times has revealed.

The program will combat copyright...

German company accused of copyright infringement...

All three major labels — Universal, Warner and Sony — have filed a lawsuit in Califionia federal court against a German YouTube stream ripping website...