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12 Sep 2026

What Musicians Need to Know About Recording Contracts Before Signing

For musicians, signing a recording contract can feel their big break and the moment their career is finally taking off. A record label may offer funding, distribution, marketing, access to producers, and an opportunity to reach a much larger audience....

3 Aug 2026

Sony vs. AI Music Generators: What the recent $9 Billion Copyright Battle Means for Artists and Songwriters

Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every creative industry, and the music business is no exception. AI-powered music generators can now produce songs in seconds, mimic famous artists' vocal styles, compose original melodies, and generate lyrics with minimal human input. While...

27 Nov 2023

Supreme Court Will Hear a Case Concerning Music Copyright Law

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review an appeals court decision and answer the question of whether the circuit court discovery accrual rule or the Copyright Act’s statute of limitations (17 U.S.C. § 507(b)) should govern whether a music...

28 Sep 2023

Why Has Taylor Swift Been Rerecording Her Old Albums?

You have to listen hard to hear the more luxuriant twangs from the opening banjoes or the extra beat in the lyric, but Taylor Swift is on a mission to re-record her old songs, including 2008’s “Love Story,” the song...

28 Aug 2023

The Push for Royalties From Traditional Radio Stations

A bipartisan bill to compensate artists when their songs are played on FM/AM radio stations instead of just on digital music platforms, is gaining some traction in Congress. It was first introduced in June 2021, although a second bill reintroduced...

26 Jul 2023

Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Infringement Case Against the Estate of Marvin Gaye

On May 4, 2023, a New York federal jury concluded that the popular British music artist Ed Sheeran is not liable for copyright infringement after lengthy litigation to settle a lawsuit. It took the jury less than three hours to...

7 Apr 2023

Jazz Composer Claims YouTube Protects Only the Most Powerful Copyright Holders

The 2020 copyright infringement lawsuit that jazz composer Maria Schneider filed against YouTube highlights the crucial role that well-crafted entertainment contracts play when accusations continue to fly, and parties ask for summary judgment. California U.S. District Court Judge James Donato...

Contracts Music Law

8 Mar 2023

Lupe Fiasco and His Conflict with Atlantic Records

Hip hop artist and entrepreneur Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, widely known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco, has been candid about his contentious dealings with Warner Music Group’s (WMG) Atlantic Records early in his career. Even with solid contracts, Fiasco claims...

6 Feb 2023

Reservoir Media’s Push to Buy Song Rights

The goal of songwriters and artists has always been to get their music in front of as many people and in as many ears as possible. Sadly, many artists have given little thought to the intellectual property implications of this...

Music Law

3 Feb 2023

Muse Releases an NFT Album That is Eligible to Chart

The rise of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, has been a seismic change in the digital age. An NFT functions as a digital asset that creates a single coded imprint that makes it unique. Where this differs from traditional media is...

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