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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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Snoop Dogg told he can’t trademark ‘Smoke Weed Everyday’ public
Snoop Dogg • 2 min read

Snoop Dogg told he can’t trademark ‘Smoke Weed Everyday’

Snoop Dogg wanted to trademark the phrase ‘Smoke Weed Everyday’, a key lyric from his track ‘The Next Episode, for his cannabis business. But the US Trademark Office has rejected his application, because the phrase is too “informational” and selling cannabis is still illegal under federal law…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Lords tell UK government it needs to “choose between two AI futures”, before backing the kind of future the music industry wants public
Artificial Intelligence • 3 min read

Lords tell UK government it needs to “choose between two AI futures”, before backing the kind of future the music industry wants

The UK government has to provide a plan around AI and copyright by 18 Mar. Ahead of that, a committee in the House Of Lords has published a report endorsing the music industry’s position: AI companies shouldn’t be given a free ride and must get licences when making use of existing content…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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