Copyright
(Hypebot) — Once upon a time, most of the high-profile lawsuits in the music industry made sense, with the average listener able to ...
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Epic’ Fortnite Strikes Back Against Copyright Trolls
(Hypebot) — Fortnite is now allowing players to mute emotes that bear sufficient resemblance to pop culture occurrences in media as to incur ...
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Every Possible Melody Has Been Copyrighted, Stored On A Single Hard Drive
(Hypebot) — In a unique effort to combat the high volume of dubious lawsuits flying back and forth in the music industry today, ...
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Years Of Copyright Maximalism Is Killing Pop Music
(Hypebot) — When the “Blurred Lines” decision was handed down – stating that creating a song that had too similar of feel to ...
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Stopping Google’s End Run: No Safe Harbor Privilege In Trade Agreements
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement recently passed the house and is headed for the senate. Many in the music industry are concerned, however, that ...
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Dear Americans: Be Very, Very Afraid Of New EU Copyright Rules
(Hypebot) — Following the recent passage of the new EU Copyright Directive, Mike Masnick here cites evidence from former MEP Julia Reda as ...
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Universal Music Declares Copyright Ownership Over Recently Public Domain ‘Yes! We Have No Bananas’
(Hypebot) — The 1923 song “Yes! We Have No Bananas” slipped into the public domain – or so we thought. Shortly after a ...
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Will The Copyright Office’s Best Practices Shine Sunlight Unmatched Royalties?
(Hypebot) — By this point, we’re all aware of the pile of cash from unmatched royalties which digital services are hoarding, commonly known ...
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Soon It Will Cost More For Copyright Registration
(Hypebot) — Every few years, the U.S. Copyright Office does a detailed study on its fees in an attempt to determine whether they ...
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Copyright Infringement Liability In The Music Business
(Hypebot) — Living as we are in the digital age, any company which plays host to entertainment media on a large is at ...
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