May 17, 2024
Sony Music Group, one of the world’s biggest record labels, warned artificial intelligence companies and music streaming platforms not to use the company’s content without explicit permission. Sony Music, whose artists include Lil Nas X and Celine Dion, sent letters …
June 15, 2023
The National Music Publishers’ Association sued Twitter Inc. Wednesday, alleging it violates the copyright of songwriters by using their music on its platform without permission. Twitter is one of the only major social media platforms that doesn’t pay music rights …
March 18, 2019
CBS Corp. directors agreed to settle for $1.25 million investors’ claims that network owner Sumner Redstone received millions of dollars in improper compensation after he became incapacitated in 2014. The money — coming from insurance covering CBS’s officers and directors …
April 5, 2016
Katy Perry, Billy Joel and Rod Stewart are asking the U.S. government to reform provisions of copyright law that they say enrich large technology companies at their expense. The three are among the more than 100 artists and managers who …
December 18, 2014
Sony Pictures’ decision to let Seth Rogen make a comedy about a plot to kill a head of state will potentially cost the studio hundreds of millions of dollars after a devastating cyber-attack linked to North Korea. The Sony Corp. …