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MF DOOM estate sues Temu over alleged counterfeit merchandise

The estate of the beloved late rapper calls Temu “one of the most unethical companies operating in today’s global marketplace.”

13/08/2025

Culture news

Portuguese artists call on EU for more protection and AI regulation

Almost 20 Portuguese artists have joined the international #StayTrueToTheAct movement demanding that the European Union regulate Artificial Intelligence and protect copyright.

23/07/2025

Culture news

Exit light, enter gripe: Metallica forces US government to drop video

The US Department of Defense posted a social media video with one of Metallica’s best-known songs – without the band’s authorisation.

14/07/2025

Tech News

Danish publishers sue OpenAI after failing to strike rights deal

The collective action comes as Denmark starts chairing meetings of the EU member states.

01/07/2025

Tech News

Meta and Anthropic win key verdicts in US AI copyright cases

The two companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence race won two key verdicts from US courts this week regarding whether they can train on copyrighted books.

26/06/2025

Business

Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement

The two Hollywood studios called Midjourney a “bottomless pit of plagiarism”.

12/06/2025

Culture news

SoundCloud updates AI policy following backlash

A new letter from SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton states: "We don’t build generative AI tools, and we don’t allow third parties to scrape or use artist content from SoundCloud to train them either.” This follows a backlash after the platform's Terms Of Use were quietly updated in February.

02/06/2025

Tech News

US tech giants ask European Commission for 'simplest possible' AI code

The voluntary set of rules governing AI has been delayed but is expected to come out before August, according to the European Commission.

30/05/2025

Tech News

'Thank you for the copyright': ABBA legend warns against AI code

The planned Code of Practice on AI has been heavily criticised by both publishers and US Big Tech companies, albeit for different reasons.

20/05/2025

Culture news

‘Blade Runner 2049’ vs Elon Musk case set to go ahead

Alcon Entertainment’s trademarks has accused Tesla of feeding images from the 2017 movie ‘Blade Runner 2049’ into an artificial intelligence image generator to create unlicenced promotional materials.

10/04/2025

Culture news

How ‘Freed From Desire’ singer Gala is fighting for her anthem rights

Despite the worldwide success of her hit ‘Freed From Desire’ in the 90s and the anthem’s renewed ubiquity in the 2020s, Italian singer Gala has been living “penniless in Brooklyn with friends in rented rooms” for four years now. Here’s why.

09/04/2025

Tech News

'Our GPUs are melting': OpenAI puts restrictions on new image tool

ChatGPT's new feature that can generate images in the style of a popular Japanese animation studio is so popular that OpenAI has to put temporary limits on its use.

28/03/2025

Culture news

Dua Lipa wins legal battle in copyright battle over ‘Levitating’

This victory marks Dua Lipa's second successful defence against copyright claims over "Levitating". However, one lawsuit is still pending.

28/03/2025

Culture news

Why is Lady Gaga being sued for $100m by a surf company?

"Pay the toll to the angels"... and maybe to a California-based surf company, who is claiming the pop star has copied their logo...

27/03/2025

Tech News

This company has a cunning plan to stop AI bots from stealing content

"We wanted to create a new way to thwart these unwanted bots, without letting them know," Cloudfare said of its "honeypot" for web crawlers.

26/03/2025

Culture news

More than 400 artists send letter to Trump over AI exploitation

Paul McCartney, Ben Stiller, Cate Blanchett and more than 400 celebrities and artists have sent a letter to Trump, urging his administration to not roll back copyright protections.

21/03/2025

Culture news

Mariah Carey wins ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ lawsuit

Mariah Carey didn't steal 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' from other writers. A judge has ruled that Andy Stone's song of the same name was not "substantially similar" to Carey's festive classic.

21/03/2025

Culture news

Stolen Eminem songs stolen and sold online - former engineer charged

A former studio engineer has been charged with stealing Eminem's unreleased music and selling it online.

20/03/2025

Culture news

Rock band objects to White House use of song over deportee video

This is not the first time a musician or band have pushed back against Trump and his administration's authorized use of their songs. Rock band Semisonic join a long list of artists...

18/03/2025

Culture news

Why are French publishers and authors suing Meta?

Three French trade groups are launching legal action against Meta over the company's widespread use of copyrighted works to train its generative AI model - all without authorization.

13/03/2025