Music News What is ‘copyright dumping’, and why have The Rolling Stones and The Beatles done it? by Tom Disalvo Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles have all done it, but what exactly is the so-called ‘copyright dump’? Yesterday (December 20), Pink Floyd quietly released 18 live concerts…
Music News Pop Culture Taylor Swift on her ‘Shake It Off’ copyright lawsuit: “Written entirely by me” by Amy Davidson Taylor Swift speaks out on the plagiarism lawsuit filed against her hit single, Shake It Off: “The lyrics were written entirely by me.” Taylor Swift and her legal team have…
Music News Pop Culture Video Famous Lofi Girl YouTube stream removed after copyright strike, now back by Amy Davidson Popular streams by long-standing channel, Lofi Girl, were removed last weekend due to a copyright strike. Now, YouTube has restored them. Two insanely-popular YouTube streams run by the iconic channel,…
Music News Pop Culture Mariah Carey sued over hit single ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ by Amy Davidson Mariah Carey has been accused of stealing the title of her iconic Christmas hit by another songwriter in a $20M copyright lawsuit. Songwriter Andy Stone has filed a copyright infringement…
Music News Pop Culture Rod Stewart stole the lyrics and melody for ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy’ by Amy Davidson In a recent interview, Rod Stewart straight-up confessed to “nicking” the lyrics and melody for his 1978 hit, Do Ya Think I’m Sexy. In a new interview with Nile Rogers from…
Music News Pop Culture Ed Sheeran sang Nina Simone during copyright case to prove a point by Chloe Maddren Ed Sheeran serenaded London’s High Court in a copyright case to point out how many songs sound the same. Ed Sheeran was accused of stealing portions of his 2017 hit…
Music News Pop Culture Post Malone sued by songwriter over ‘Circles’ contribution by Amy Davidson Post Malone is fighting a lawsuit against songwriter who claims they’re owed money and credits for their contribution to his 2019 hit, Circles. Hip hop artist Post Malone has been…
Clocked Music News Why Twitch replaced Metallica’s BlizzCon live stream with dorky kids music by Cameron Syme Nothing is funnier than watching Metallica headbanging to royalty-free kiddies music. That’s another strike for Twitch’s charred history regarding copyrighted music. Blizzard’s yearly conference, BlizzCon, went virtual this year and…
Features KickassTorrents: the complete saga of the internet’s biggest P2P directory by Happy A remnant of the internet’s wild west, KickassTorrents was once visited by over 50 million people per month. After an FBI investigation it was seized, but KAT is hardly dead….
Music News Taylor Swift pledges to re-record her first 6 albums after her masters are sold for a second time by Claudia Schmidt The masters for Taylor Swift’s first six records have been sold for a second time, but the pop icon isn’t going to let that stand in her way. The issue…
News Did Led Zeppelin steal ‘Stairway To Heaven’? The enduring copyright saga is finally over by Luka Simonetti The court has spoken: Led Zeppelin did not plagiarise Stairway to Heaven from the melody of Spirit’s instrumental track, Taurus. We’ve all heard the Stairway to Heaven riff countless times…
News Artists sign open letter to restrict use of their music at political events by Annalise Travaglione Listen up, politicians! Mick Jagger is telling you that you can’t always get what you want. In an open letter, Lorde, Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, and many more are…
News Trump and Twitter clash again as social media platform disables post featuring Linkin Park by Jenae Madden Linkin Park are joining the long list of musicians to call out Donald Trump over unfair use of music in his campaign promotions, after their song, In the End, was…
