Ivan Moreno

Spotify has allegedly allowed billions of fraudulent streams from bots, particularly of Drake's music, to boost its advertising revenue while inflating royalty payments for some artists at the expense of others, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court.

Music publishers accusing Anthropic of using their songs' lyrics to train its artificial intelligence chatbot can pursue previously dismissed copyright claims, after a California federal judge said Monday that their updated complaint plausibly alleges that Anthropic knew people were using its AI system to create song lyrics.

Meta Platforms has moved to dismiss a copyright lawsuit from Eminem's music publishers that accuses the major social media company of infringing the rapper's songs on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, saying "the complaint is long on rhetoric" but "remarkably short on specifics."

A group of record labels has settled a copyright suit that accused the Internet Archive of infringing thousands of songs after making them available for free as part of the "Great 78 Project," according to a joint notice from the parties filed Monday in California federal court.

Cox Communications Inc. asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to rule it should not face copyright liability for its internet customers' music piracy, arguing in its opening appeal brief that the Fourth Circuit incorrectly affirmed a Virginia federal jury verdict that led to a $1 billion award.

While courts wrestle with fair use questions around artificial intelligence training, legal experts say the growing number of licensing deals between tech companies and copyright owners is setting market norms for accessing the troves of content needed across rapidly evolving AI applications.

A company that connects staffing agencies to temporary workers in real time has accused a onetime business partner of stealing trade secrets to build a competing platform, alleging in a complaint in Seattle federal court that the defendant has filed patents that falsely claim ownership of the technology.

The origin of the rhythm that underpins much of reggaeton music is at the center of a copyright lawsuit from Jamaican artists who claim a loop from an instrumental song they released in 1989 has become foundational to reggaeton, which thousands of songs have copied without permission.

A Chicago federal judge, who earlier this year halted lawsuits in his courtroom that anonymously combined numerous alleged online counterfeiters in single complaints, has concluded that the litigation strategy "should no longer be perpetuated in its present form."

A Chicago federal judge, who earlier this year halted lawsuits in his courtroom that anonymously combined numerous alleged online counterfeiters in single complaints, has concluded that the litigation strategy "should no longer be perpetuated in its present form."