AI News Australian creatives urge the government to ‘hold the line’ on AI and copyright law by Gabrielle Naoum We will not sacrifice creativity and culture for AI companies. This week, there are reports that the government is deliberating reopening copyright law as part of negotiations with AI companies…
News Politics FBI Director Kash Patel accused of using AI to copy Beastie Boys’ ‘Sabotage’ Video by Alex Cooper The FBI’s latest fraud is a music video. FBI Director Kash Patel is facing allegations that he used artificial intelligence to rip off the Beastie Boys’ iconic 1994 ‘Sabotage’ music…
News Credit where credit’s due – Jason Derulo v. Matthew Spatola copyright trial by Gabrielle Naoum This could’ve been solved with an email. Jason Derulo stepped onto the stand to testify yesterday (May 5), with Matthew Spatola’s lawyer gearing up to counter Derulo’s claim that Spatola…
AI Music News A folk singer fights back after YouTube claims she doesn’t own her own voice by Alex Cooper The dark side of content. A North Carolina folk singer has become the face of music’s darkest 2026 nightmare. Murphy Campbell discovered AI-cloned versions of her voice flooding her Spotify…
News Photographer files restraining order against Amy Taylor by Alex Cooper Things are heatin’ up. A legal dispute between photographer Jamie Nelson and Amyl and the Sniffers frontwoman Amy Taylor has escalated with dual court filings. Nelson, a Los Angeles-based photographer,…
AI News No free pass for AI as the Australian government rules out a copyright loophole by Tammy Moir Aussie creators can breathe a little easier – Australia’s government just drew a big AI line in the sand On Monday, the Albanese government confirmed it won’t be introducing a…
Music News Jimmy Page faces renewed legal battle over “Dazed and Confused” by Alex Cooper The Yardbirds’ recordings spark a fresh legal feud. The decades-long dispute over Led Zeppelin’s “Dazed and Confused” has reignited, with songwriter Jake Holmes filing a new lawsuit against Jimmy Page over early Yardbirds recordings of the…
Music News Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Tour Sparks $100M Wave of Legal Drama by Alex Cooper A surf brand’s $100M lawsuit threatens to crash the pop icon’s party Lady Gaga announced her Mayhem Ball world tour Wednesday, set to kick off July 16 in Las Vegas before…
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…
