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Tracy Chapman wins $450k in copyright lawsuit against Nicki Minaj after rapper sampled Baby Can I Hold You in a leaked track By Heather Waugh For Dailymail.com Published: 16:53 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 17:11 GMT, 8 January 2021 Tracy Chapman has accepted Nicki Minaj’s offer of $450,000 in her copyright infringement case against … Read more
Nicki Minaj lands a win in Tracy Chapman copyright lawsuit before judge recommends remaining dispute got to jury A judge ruled Wednesday that Minaj’s use of Chapman’s Baby Can I Hold You constitutes ‘fair use’ The ruling protects a common practice of developing new work based on existing material, and requesting license from the original … Read more
Banksy is stripped of copyright for his famous ‘Flower Thrower’ artwork – after he refused to reveal his true identity to judges Banksy had applied for an EU trademark of his iconic ‘Flower Thrower’ piece Judges said ‘he cannot be identified as the unquestionable owner of such works’ Ruling on ‘Flower Thrower’ may set precedent … Read more
Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers are sued AGAIN for copyright infringement over unpublished script By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 10:47 BST, 17 July 2020 | Updated: 11:39 BST, 17 July 2020 Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer and Netflix are being sued for copyright infringement over an unpublished script. A company has … Read more
Federal judge throws out Francesca Gregorini’s copyright lawsuit against M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 00:33 BST, 29 May 2020 | Updated: 00:33 BST, 29 May 2020 A federal judge has thrown out a copyright lawsuit alleging M. Night Shyamalan had plagiarized Francesca Gregorini’s 2013 movie The Truth About Emanuel for … Read more
Katy Perry claims win in $2.78M copyright suit reversal … as it’s revealed she’ll headline MasterChef Australia episode She was sued with producer Dr. Luke and Capitol Records Rapper Flame said they used riff of his track Joyful Noise for her Dark Horse Judge ruled that the comparisons failed an ‘extrinsic test’ Last August, an LA jury … Read more
A federal appeals court has restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal ‘Stairway to Heaven’ from an obscure song written four years earlier. In a 9-2 decision, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said on Monday that lead singer Robert Plant’s and guitarist Jimmy Page’s 1971 rock anthem … Read more