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Music industry legal news coverage

Our round up of legal battles, courtroom drama, copyright disputes and everything else.
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Music industry legal news coverage
Dua Lipa sues Samsung over its TV packaging public
Dua Lipa • 2 min read

Dua Lipa sues Samsung over its TV packaging

Dua Lipa has sued Samsung over the boxes it sells its TVs in. The boxes display the home page of Samsung’s own streaming service, which includes a photo of Lipa. She says that’s a “massive unauthorised commercial exploitation” of her brand, and infringes copyright, trademark and publicity rights…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
‘Confessions Of A Showgirl’ performer used similarly titled Taylor Swift album to flog her “little-known cabaret show”, says filing in trademark dispute public
Taylor Swift • 3 min read

‘Confessions Of A Showgirl’ performer used similarly titled Taylor Swift album to flog her “little-known cabaret show”, says filing in trademark dispute

Taylor Swift has responded to a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by cabaret performer Maren Flagg, who claims Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ album title is confusingly similar to the ‘Confessions Of A Showgirl’ brand she has long used. No surprise, Swift’s lawyers are disparaging of that claim…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
UK government should clarify whether it’s investing in AI companies that use unlicensed training data, say campaigners public
Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

UK government should clarify whether it’s investing in AI companies that use unlicensed training data, say campaigners

The UK government has set up a Sovereign AI Unit to support British AI companies. But it’s not clear if supported companies are obliged to get licences for any copyright protected works used in AI training. That’s a problem and a missed opportunity according to House Of Lords member Beeban Kidron…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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