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What Happens to Music When it Enters the Public Domain?

What happens to music when it is free to use? 2024 is right around the corner, and it is gearing up to be a monumental year for the public domain and intellectual property law in general.
AI Music Here To Stay, Is It Even Legal?

Record Labels are cracking down on AI songs featuring their signed artists, but does AI actually constitute copyright infringement?
What Happened Between Drake, the Pet Shop Boys? Did Rapper Steal Their Song?

Fans are still confused as to what happened between Drake and The Pet Shop Boys; check out the full story below.#Drake #ThePetShopBoys
Juice WRLD ft. Lil Uzi Vert's Track Lucid Dreams Meaning And Other Details About Artist's 'Goodbye and Good Riddance'

Here are the details of newly-minted edition of 'Goodbyes and Good Riddance' anniversary edition.
Katy Perry Wins Appeal Against Copyright Case By Hip-hop Group

Pop star Katy Perry won an appeal against a copyright case filed by a Christian Hip-hop group as a judge overturn the verdict.
YouTube To Expand Credits Section On All Videos Featuring Recorded Music

YouTube announced a new feature that helps content creators properly credits music on their videos. Under the description bar, the site will list down the names of the singer. songwriter, record label, and publisher.
Jay Z Wants Courts To Dismiss Lawsuit Over One-Syllable Sample In 'Run This Town'

Besides being in the news because CBS decided to nix the song from its football telecasts, "Run This Town," the Jay Z and Rihanna track, is also at the center of a copyright infringement case that Hova wants dismissed.
Banks: Neon Jungle Used 'Waiting Games' Without Permission On 'Welcome To The Jungle'

On-the-rise pop starlet Banks (aka Jillian Banks) took to Facebook yesterday to explain why her single "Waiting Game" was used as a cover on Neon Jungle's Welcome To The Jungle before it appeared on her own album. Her answer: the U.K. pop girl band used the song without her permission.
Copyright lawsuit against Usher and Justin Bieber dismissed

Usher and Justin Bieber recently faced claims that they copied parts of a song that they wrote in Bieber's 2010 hit "Somebody to Love."
Collateral Damage: Where Will Copyright Law Get Us to Next...Nowhere?

Call it "collateral damage," indeed. Technology has become an everyday re-invention of the new age. While computerization inserts itself as the norm, industries deliberate on better ways of protecting their products from illegal sharing and piracy.