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  • Screenshot of the official Taylor Swift website

    How important is it to own your IP? Taylor Swift knows all too well

    We last wrote about pop star Taylor Swift’s decision to re-record her albums made under the Big Machine label here, and explained why this move was necessary for her goal of gaining the master rights to these re-recorded songs.
    Now, the second of these re-recorded albums, Red, is being released. And Swift is making the media rounds to reiterate exactly why she feels it’s important for artists t

  • Screenshot of Anita Baker's Twitter page

    The sound of victory: Music-makers fight to reclaim their IP rights

    Earlier this month, soul icon Anita Baker sent out a tweet that radiated joy: “All My Children Are Coming Home.” The accompanying photo showed five of her albums, all released by Elektra Records in the 1980s and 1990s. The news she was announcing with this tweet was momentous — she was finally regaining ownership of her master recordings.

    Another icon, pop star Taylor Swift, responded to t

  • Screenshot of the National Party 2014 ad from YouTube

    Eminem wins lawsuit for sound-alike song used in political ad

    Eminem has won a lawsuit against a New Zealand political party for using a sound-alike song that is too similar to the rapper's hit song, Lose Yourself, in their political advertisement in 2014. The National Party has appealed for the damages to be reduced and will pay NZ$225,000 instead of NZ$600,000.