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New Udio lawsuit hones in on the “significant and unequal harm” inflicted on independent musicians by music AI

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Udio • 3 min read

New Udio lawsuit hones in on the “significant and unequal harm” inflicted on independent musicians by music AI

Udio has been sued again for copyright infringement, this time by a group of independent artists and songwriters. Although the majors are already suing Udio, the music creators say that their lawsuit “emphasises the significant and unequal harm inflicted on independent musicians by AI”…

Chris Cooke • 17 Oct 2025

Majors tell US Supreme Court to ignore ISP’s doom and gloom predictions and uphold billion dollar piracy ruling

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Cox Communications • 3 min read

Majors tell US Supreme Court to ignore ISP’s doom and gloom predictions and uphold billion dollar piracy ruling

The majors have urged the US Supreme Court to uphold their billion dollar win in a piracy lawsuit against ISP Cox. It argues that that ruling will result in mass internet disconnections, but the majors say that’s not true, and that Cox was simply held liable after saying ‘fuck copyright law’…

Chris Cooke • 16 Oct 2025

Viagogo tells NZ court that thousands of complaints “don’t matter one hoot” when considering if it misled consumers

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Viagogo • 2 min read

Viagogo tells NZ court that thousands of complaints “don’t matter one hoot” when considering if it misled consumers

Last year the High Court in New Zealand ruled that Viagogo had misled consumers and had unfair terms relating to disputes. The secondary ticketing platform is appealing that judgement, arguing that the high number of complaints made against Viagogo is irrelevant but swayed the high court…

Chris Cooke • 15 Oct 2025

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Suno • 4 min read

Having been accused of stream-ripping by the majors, Suno and Udio intervene in high profile stream-ripper case

The major labels recently added stream-ripping allegations to their Suno and Udio lawsuits. The AI start-ups say the majors’ new claims are invalid, but fear that a ruling in an earlier legal battle involving stream-ripper Yout could open them to liability. So they want that earlier ruling changed…

Chris Cooke • 13 Oct 2025

Drake vows to appeal after judge throws out defamation lawsuit against Universal

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Drake • 3 min read

Drake vows to appeal after judge throws out defamation lawsuit against Universal

A New York judge has dismissed Drake’s defamation action against Universal Music over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’, concluding that Lamar’s lyrics cannot be understood to “convey as a factual matter” that Drake is a pedophile. Drake’s legal team have already vowed to appeal the ruling…

Chris Cooke • 10 Oct 2025

Tim Westwood charged with four counts of rape

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Tim Westwood • 2 min read

Tim Westwood charged with four counts of rape

Tim Westwood has been charged with four counts of rape and additional charges of indecent and sexual assault following a Metropolitan Police investigation, which in turn followed the 2022 media report in which eighteen women accused the former BBC DJ of sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour…

Chris Cooke • 10 Oct 2025

Kneecap say government appealing Mo Chara terror offence dismissal is “unsurprising” but a “massive waste of taxpayers’ money”

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Kneecap • 2 min read

Kneecap say government appealing Mo Chara terror offence dismissal is “unsurprising” but a “massive waste of taxpayers’ money”

Kneecap have responded to the news that UK prosecutors are appealing the recent ruling to dismiss the criminal case against the group’s Mo Chara over the alleged displaying of a Hezbollah flag at a London gig. They say the appeal is “unsurprising” but a “massive waste of taxpayers’ money”…

Chris Cooke • 08 Oct 2025

Anthropic’s own guardrails revive full copyright lawsuit from litigious music publishers

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Anthropic • 3 min read

Anthropic’s own guardrails revive full copyright lawsuit from litigious music publishers

Earlier this year a judge dismissed all but one of the copyright claims in a lawsuit filed by three music publishers against AI company Anthropic. However, the publishers revised and resubmitted those claims, and this time the judge reckons all the allegations are sufficiently “plausible” to proceed…

Chris Cooke • 07 Oct 2025

Diddy to spend more than four years in prison

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Diddy • 2 min read

Diddy to spend more than four years in prison

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced on Friday after being convicted earlier this year over the illegal transportation of two women to engage in prostitution. He will spend a total of 50 months in jail. His lawyers had argued for fourteen months, while the prosecution wanted an eleven year sentence…

Chris Cooke • 06 Oct 2025

Suno tells court to reject stream-ripping “gambit” by major labels in AI legal battle

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Suno • 4 min read

Suno tells court to reject stream-ripping “gambit” by major labels in AI legal battle

The major labels recently requested to amend their lawsuit against Suno to include claims the AI company gathered its training data by stream-ripping audio from YouTube, in violation of copyright law. In response, Suno argues that any stream-ripping it may have done did not, in fact, violate US law…

Chris Cooke • 06 Oct 2025

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Nirvana • 2 min read

Nirvana baby lawsuit dismissed

The Nirvana baby lawsuit has been dismissed. Spencer Elden, who as a baby appeared on the cover of ‘Nevermind’, sued the band in 2021 claiming that the artwork constituted illegal sexual imagery. But the judge says he “has a difficult time understanding” that interpretation of the image…

Chris Cooke • 02 Oct 2025

Aussie festival strip search lawsuit could cost NSW government $150 million

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Splendour In The Grass • 2 min read

Aussie festival strip search lawsuit could cost NSW government $150 million

An Australian court yesterday awarded a woman $93,000 in damages after she was illegally strip searched by police at a music festival in 2018. 3000 people are involved in a class action over allegedly unlawful strip searches, which could result in liabilities of $150 million for the NSW government…

Chris Cooke • 01 Oct 2025

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