Federal law aimed at stopping piracy applies to musicians who incorporate other artists’ works into their work, a federal appellate court ruled. Sep. 22, 2004 — Musicians’ unlicenced use of snippets ...

Making music from samples has been popular ever since sampling was invented. And while today's increasing reliance on huge sample libraries only makes the task easier, it also creates its own mess of ...

Kanye West is facing a copyright lawsuit over a sample used on his 2018 album, Kids See Ghosts. According to a report in The Blast, West is denying any wrongdoing and asking the court to dismiss a ...

Rapper Drake during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. *Drake, along with various associated record labels and music publishers, won a challenging ...

AAA Activates 'Tow to Go' in Florida. Don’t Drive Impaired; Call (855) 2-TOW-2-GO for a safe ride Read full article: Orange Ball Drop happening after all as Orlando’s Thornton Park takes over New Year ...

Travis Scott has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit over unlicensed samples, with the rapper’s lawyers claiming the allegedly infringed-upon sample — the phrase “alright, alright, alright” from the ...

Beyoncé accepts the Grammy for best dance/electronic music album for “Renaissance” during the 2023 awards ceremony in Los Angeles. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) The ...

J. Dilla‘s massively influential, crate-digging 2006 masterpiece, Donuts, is at the center of a new copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that the album included a sample of 10cc‘s “The Worst Band ...

The copyright troubles continue for Kanye West. Weeks after settling a lawsuit with Syl Johnson, whose "Different Strokes" figured prominently in Yeezy and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne cut "The Joy," the ...

The judge found the plaintiff lacked standing for his copyright lawsuit against the rapper and producer Timbaland. By Austin Siegemund-Broka Jay Z’s got 99 problems, but an unfavorable verdict in the ...

Snyder Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Jacksonville is waiting for a new purpose. Read full article: Jacksonville takes a step toward reviving historic Snyder Memorial Church with ...