A federal judge in California ruled in favor of pop singer Katy Perry, finding that a part of Marcus Gray’s rap song “Joyful Noise” was not unique enough to be protected by copyright. The ruling overturned a 2019 verdict in favor of Gray, which had found that Perry copied her song “Dark Horse” from the Christian rapper’s work.
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A new set of federal charges against R. Kelly in Brooklyn accuses the incarcerated singer of not disclosing that he has herpes in two instances of alleged forced sexual contact.
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Led Zeppelin will not have to face a jury a second time to answer whether they lifted the opening riff to their rock epic “Stairway to Heaven” from another song after the en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the rock legends did not infringe the little-known song’s copyright.
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Belgium can’t be forced to extradite a Spanish rapper convicted of glorifying terrorism until it determines if his lyrics are a crime under Belgian law, the European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday.
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A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a cover-up in its investigation of sexual harassment accusations against superstar Plácido Domingo.
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Adolf Hitler’s admiration for German composer Richard Wagner is well-documented, but that the Nazi dictator attempted to write an opera himself will come as a surprise to many.
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Spain’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday overturned a previous verdict that found a rapper guilty of exalting terrorism and humiliating victims of attacks in tweets.
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An investigation into legendary singer Plácido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera performers found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior by the superstar when he held senior management positions at Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera, according to people familiar with the findings.
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Surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin during the procedure.
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Demanding $50 million in damages, a New Yorker claims in court that Rick James raped her at a group home in 1979, two years before the release of the late singer’s career-defining track “Super Freak.”
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A crew of Rolls Royce-riding identity thieves who posed as rap industry figures scammed more than $100,000 from some of the South’s most exclusive hotels, prosecutors say.
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The aspiring black metal musician who was arrested in a series of fires set at African American churches in Louisiana last spring pleaded guilty Monday to federal and state criminal charges.
Read moreA federal court in New York dismissed Peloton’s counterclaims against music publishers who claimed the company’s exercise bikes included playlists with copyrighted music. Peloton had counterclaimed that the publishers collectively refused to negotiate with it to license the music.
Read moreAmazon.com has been sued three times in Seattle Federal Court, accused of selling pirated downloads of the music of Harold Arlen, Harry Warren and Ray Henderson, and failing to pay the copyright holders.
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As rock and roll legends Aerosmith perform on the Grammys stage this weekend, a Massachusetts judge said founding member Joey Kramer did not make a compelling legal case to join them.
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Illinois prosecutors said Wednesday that the first of four Chicago sexual abuse cases against R. Kelly that they’ll take to trial involves a hairdresser who says the R&B singer forced himself on her during a 2003 appointment.
Read moreKanye West, Kid Cudi and other collaborators reached a settlement agreement with actor Ronald Oslin Bobb-Semple, who accused the musicians of using a sample of his vocal recording titled “The Spirit of Marcus Garvey (Garvey speaks to an all-Black audience)” without authorization in violation of copyright law.
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Online music giant Spotify on Wednesday launched a podcast for dogs left home alone in Britain, after its polling suggested most owners believe audio recordings help calm their canines.
Read moreMusic producer/arranger Michael Stokes sued Universal Music Group and six other music publishers in federal court, claiming they “effectively stole” his music after he suffered an incapacitating stroke in 2010.
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