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Copyright Office Might Become More Political With New Bill

The new proposed bill for copyright law might likely demonstrate more politicization as the Copyrigh...

Mar 29, 2017 02:56 PM EDT

Federal Judge Dismissed Lawsuit Against FedEx That Harm the Creative Commons License

A strange case involving the usage of Creative Common License threatens the license itself, but fort...

Mar 03, 2017 07:22 AM EST

Copyright Case of The Turtles' 1967 Hit Song "Happy Together" Goes to New York's Top Court

The copyright dispute between The Turtles and Sirius XM Radio will go all the way to New York's high...

May 04, 2016 06:28 AM EDT

'Star Trek’ Lawsuit: Copyright of Klingon Language Sparks Debate

The debate over the legality of a language to be classified as copyrightable is heating up between P...

Apr 29, 2016 02:10 AM EDT

Kendrick Lamar sued for using Bill Withers' music without permission

Rapper Kendrik Lamar is facing a lawsuti for using 70s legend Bill Wither's music without permission...

Apr 19, 2016 08:39 AM EDT

Oracle, Google fail to settle case on Java copyright; Trial likely to proceed

Oracle and Alphabet's Google unit fails to arrive at a settlement over the use of Oracle's Java prog...

Apr 17, 2016 10:15 AM EDT

Copyright of civil rights anthem 'We Shall Overcome' challenged

Lawyers who last year successfully challenged the copyright to 'Happy Birthday to You' are aiming to...

Apr 14, 2016 10:17 AM EDT

Judge Oks Trial For 'Stairway To Heaven' Copyright Case

A judge has given the go signal for the trial regarding the copyright case made against the popular ...

Apr 12, 2016 07:06 AM EDT

Fastcase - Lawriter lawsuit: can public law be owned by private publishers?

The series of lawsuits and countersuits between Fastcase Inc., a legal research firm, and online leg...

Feb 12, 2016 11:39 PM EST

Led Zeppelin infringes Spirit song 'Taurus'; Lost bid to obtain more information in copyright infringement

Led Zeppelin fell short in the lawsuit over its classic hit Stairway to Heaven. The British band has...

Feb 04, 2016 03:36 AM EST

German publishing group VG Media sues Google for the 5th time, this time over copyright of content search engine results

VG Media, an association of German news publishers, filed its fifth civil case against the behemoth ...

Jan 11, 2016 04:27 AM EST

U.S. judge in lawsuit against Jay Z over logo won't recuse himself

A federal judge on Friday refused to recuse himself from a $7 million copyright lawsuit against Jay ...

Jul 24, 2015 07:19 PM EDT

Google fires back at News Corp; defends search, piracy practices

Google Inc hit back at News Corp on Thursday for calling it a platform for piracy and an "unaccounta...

Sep 25, 2014 09:52 PM EDT

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