copyright-infringement
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Kendrick Lamar‘s DAMN. single “Loyalty” is at the center of a lawsuit claiming the hit track represents a case of copyright infringement. The Grammy-winning song, featuring Rihanna, is named in a suit against Lamar that was filed in California federal court on Aug. 21. As spotted by Music Business Worldwide, Terrance Hayes alleges that he […]
The pop-punk band Yellowcard has dropped their $15 million copyright infringement lawsuit against Juice WRLD, the New York Times reports. Yellowcard filed the suit in October, prior to Juice WRLD’s death from an accidental overdose, alleging that the late rapper and his producers knowingly copied the melody from their song “Holly Wood Died” on his 2017 smash single “Lucid Dreams.” One day after his death in […]
Travis Scott has been accused of stealing the melody in “Highest in the Room.” Billboard reports songwriters Olivier Bassil, Lukas Benjamin Leth, and Benjamin Lasnier filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Scott as well as the authors and producers credited on the record. The plaintiffs claim they created a song called “Cartier” in 2019 and sent it to more than 100 […]
A new lawsuit brought forth by a pair of Memphis artists is claiming G-Eazy and Juicy J stole from them for the former’s 2017 hit single “No Limit.” Those artists, DJ Squeeky and Gaylon Love, state that they were the owners of the track that was sampled for that hit, which they say was their 1993 […]
TMZ has learned that Three 6 Mafia are being sued for “over 150 independent acts of copyright infringement from more than 100 individual sound recordings.” A group of artists from Memphis claim to have collaborated with Juicy J, DJ Paul, among others as they were trying to make a name for themselves in the 1990s. The suit alleges that their […]
Lil Nas X has issued a response in his legal battle over his single “Rodeo.” According to court documents obtained by Pitchfork, Lil Nas X used his legal response to deny that the Cardi B-featuring track was created from stolen pieces of uncredited songs. “The work, ‘Rodeo,’ was created independently from and without knowledge of the allegedly […]
Director Francesca Gregorini is reportedly suing M. Night Shyamalan (and several others) after she claims that her 2013 film was stolen from for the AppleTV+ series Servant. Apple is also named in the suit. Gregorini contends that the 2013 psychological film she wrote and directed, The Truth About Emanuel, has been ripped off for the AppleTV+ […]
Another artist is claiming Lizzo copied their work. CeCe Peniston, a 90s singer, says Lizzo’s hit track “Juice” takes ad-libs from her 1992 song, “Finally.” Peniston took to Instagram with a video showing the two songs side-by-side and wrote: “this is a clear example of #copyrightinfringement. Cece Peniston versus @lizzobeeating, y’all check this out and […]
TMZ is reporting that Joe Carlini has filed a lawsuit against Paramount, BET, Will Packer, and most of the screenwriters for the 2019 film What Men Want, alleging that some ideas were stolen from a script he wrote and shopped around a few years ago. Carlini claims that after completing his screenplay titled What the F Is […]
TMZ has learned that Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 over the company’s use of her name and likeness without her permission to sell their products and promote their makeup brand. Grande claims her team was engaged in negotiations in December with the beauty brand Riley Rose, a company started by the daughters of Forever 21’s founders, to […]
