Viewpoint: Music Licensing for Government and Higher Education鈥揟he Legal Risk July 1, 2026 By Ryan Neill The organizations that ended up in music licensing disputes almost never saw it coming. They were operating on assumptions that...
AI Firms Face Growing List of Lawsuits. Here’s What to Watch March 4, 2024 Artificial intelligence firms are facing increasing pressure from some of the world’s most formidable names in technology and media, as...
Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Millions of Song Lyrics June 26, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum The US Supreme Court refused to revive a lawsuit by music website Genius Media Group Inc. accusing Alphabet Inc.’s Google...
AI Tools Can Create New Images, but Who Is the Real Artist? January 20, 2023 By Matt O'Brien and Arijeta Lajka ountless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now...
‘Top Gun’ Heirs Sue Paramount Over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ June 6, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie “Top Gun” on Monday sued Paramount Pictures...
University of Iowa Cites Copyright Law to Block Flood Video Use October 21, 2016 University of Iowa is citing a copyright law to block the use of the university’s footage of a 2008 flood...
Intellectual Property: Case of the Monkey’s Selfie and Animals’ Copyright September 25, 2015 By David Crary A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the...
Google Wins Copyright Scanning Case Against Authors; Judge Finds ‘Fair Use’ November 15, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel Google Inc. on Thursday won dismissal of a long-running lawsuit by authors who accused the Internet search company of digitally...