Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord, and Abkco have sued an Amazon-backed artificial intelligence company over alleged copyright infringement of the three publishers’ songs, according to a lawsuit reviewed by Rolling Stone. The companies have filed a suit against Anthropic, an AI startup company founded by four former OpenAI employees in …
Read More »X, Formerly Twitter, Wants Lawsuit From Music Publishers Thrown Out
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has motioned to dismiss the lawsuit major music publishers filed against the company in June, accusing the platform of wide-scale copyright infringement. In the motion, reviewed by Rolling Stone, X cited a 2005 supreme court ruling from MGM Studios v. Grokester …
Read More »Widow of the Roots Bassist Sues Questlove, Black Thought for Fraud
The widow of founding Roots bassist Leonard Hubbard and his estate have filed a lawsuit against band co-founders Questlove and Black Thought, among others, alleging they violated RICO laws and claiming they defrauded Hubbard out of millions. The complaint, obtained by Rolling Stone, alleges that Questlove (whose real name is …
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