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May 10, 2024
The 6-3 decision came in a case filed by Sherman Nealy, who was suing over music used in the 2008…
March 30, 2022
The Warhol estate and photographer Lynn Goldsmith's battle over a Prince photograph will go all the way to the Supreme…
officer James Burch theGRIO.com
July 2, 2021
Members of the Anti Police-Terror Project became the target of a police officer weaponizing YouTube’s copyright takedown policy.
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April 23, 2021
Celebrity choreographer JaQuel Knight is making history as the first choreographer to copyright his dance moves.
Nicki Minaj Tracy Chapman copyright thegrio.com
January 8, 2021
Nicki Minaj agrees to pay Tracy Chapman $350K in a copyright dispute asChapman says that Minaj sampled her song without…
Lil Nas X
July 26, 2019
Lil Nas X’s catchy summer hit ‘Old Town Road’ is being accused of having riffs that allegedly ripped off a…
Alfonso Ribeiro thegrio.com
December 20, 2018
Legal and influencer marketing experts share how to fight culture vultures who are stealing Black folk's like Alfonso Ribeiro intellectual…
December 31, 2015
Quentin Tarantino is being accused of copyright infringement for his movie Django Unchained.
December 10, 2015
A British music publishing company is suing The Weeknd, claiming that he ripped off music from a movie music track…
March 13, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - After an 18-month legal battle, Jay Z has agreed to pay half of all the royalties from…
October 30, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The suit filed Wednesday in a Los Angeles federal court accuses Thicke and fellow singers Pharrell…
August 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Clifford Harris, Jr. filed a lawsuit Thursday in California federal court against…
January 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Funk music legend George Clinton has been forced to sell the copyrights to some of his classic…
September 4, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson's estate and a businessman working with the singer's mother have settled a copyright infringement…
June 19, 2012
Two years after his memoir Decoded was released Jay-Z is being sued for copyright infringement...
March 5, 2012
SInger Frank Ocean took to his tumblr account recently to vent about being threatened with legal action by Rhino Records…
October 3, 2011
The justices refused to review a ruling by a U.S. appeals court in New York that the download itself of…
August 4, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Georgia-based production company Done Deal Enterprises is suing Wayne, Universal Music Group, Cash Money Records and…
June 24, 2011
Rihanna's controversial music video for 'S&M' has landed her in hot water yet again. This time around, photographer Phillip Paulus…
February 9, 2011
The suit filed Monday said Glasper was a "young, inexperienced college student, hoping to work in the music industry and…