zoom-in previously reported that Netflix brought a copyright claim against influencers Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear after they performed the Unofficial Bridgerton musical at a live, ticketed, for-profit show at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC....
Superstar artist Jeff Koons will face a copyright suit from sculptor Michael Hayden after a judge refused Koons’ request to dismiss the claim. ...
Rapper Cardi B is being sued by a model over the cover of her 2016 mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol 1. The cover features a photograph of Cardi B drinking from a bottle of beer, whilst a man with a distinctive back tattoo appears to be performing oral sex on her....
Comedian Lewis Black has brought proceedings in the Los Angeles Federal Court against streaming giant Pandora for breach of copyright, seeking more than $10 million in damages in relation to sixty-eight of his works. Black, who became famous through his appearances on The Daily Show, is the latest comedian to pursue a claim against the platform....
The High Court has ruled that an ‘interactive theatrical dining experience’ marketed as a ‘loving tribute’ to the hit sitcom Only Fools and Horses breaches copyright law....
Dua Lipa is being sued by a photographer who claims the British singer infringed his copyright by posting his paparazzi shots of her on Instagram....
The estate of hip-hop photographer Chi Modu is bringing a claim against Universal Music Group alleging copyright infringement over the corporation’s use of an image of late rapper Tupac Shakur on its uDiscoverMusic website....
Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue are facing a hefty bill following their failed copyright claim against Ed Sheeran and his co-writers over the song “Shape of You”....
The High Court is to determine whether the ongoing rights dispute over the Jimi Hendrix Experience catalogue can be heard in London, or should be stayed until the determination of a parallel dispute in the USA....
The family of the writer whose article inspired the original 1986 Top Gun movie are suing film studio Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year’s hit sequel, Top Gun: Maverick....
Singer Mariah Carey is being sued for alleged copyright infringement over her 1994 Christmas hit All I Want for Christmas Is You....
Sir Van Morrison is taking legal action against the Department of Health in Northern Ireland and its health minister Robin Swann over an article written for Rolling Stone magazine....
An Adidas advertising campaign has been banned by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) who determined that three sports bra advertisements breached two rules in the CAP code. Adidas defended the imagery, maintaining that they are proud of the message....
zoom-in previously reported that various comedy heavyweights were suing streaming giant, Pandora. Comedians Nick Di Paolo, Andrew Dice Clay, Bill Engvall and Ron White, and the estates of Robin Williams and George Carlin, have now consolidated their lawsuits into one....
The rapper and fashion designer Kanye West, is being sued by Texas-based Bishop David Paul Moten over the alleged use of samples of his sermon in the track “Come to Life”, featured on the Grammy-nominated album “Donda”. The lawsuit also lists Universal Music Group Recordings, Def Jam Recordings, and G. O. O. D. Music (Kanye’s record label) as defendants....
Netflix has been successful in defending a copyright case relating to its hit series Tiger King. Timothy Sepi and Whyte Monkee Productions sued Netflix and the show’s producer Royal Goode Productions, over the use of eight videos filmed by Sepi....
Two musicians who brought copyright proceedings over the hit song No Guidance have dropped their case against Drake – but not his co-artist Chris Brown....
The dispute between Cher and Sonny Bono’s estate over copyright royalties continued this week in California. ...
A photographer has brought a lawsuit against the model, actress, and author, Emily Ratajkowski, over a photo she shared on her Instagram story....
The US Supreme Court is going to hear a case brought by a photographer over Andy Warhol’s use of her photographs in making screen prints featuring legendary music icon Prince....
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a copyright case over his 2017 hit song Shape of You. Sami Chokri, who performs under the name Sami Switch, claimed that the repeated “Oh I” hook in Sheeran’s song was copied from the “Oh why” hook in Chokri’s 2015 song Oh Why....
Former US President Donald Trump has been directed to testify under oath in a copyright case brought against him by reggae singer Eddy Grant....
Two of the most high-profile female pop stars of recent years are facing copyright battles relating to their work, as the phenomenon of legal claims relating to hit songs continues....
The High Court has heard a trial of a claim for copyright infringement brought by the creators of classic sitcom Only Fools and Horses against the producers of an immersive theatre experience....
The Review Board of the United States Copyright Office has declined Dr Steven Thaler’s second request to register an artwork titled ‘A Recent Entrance to Paradise’, which was created by artificial intelligence....