copyright

Two amended provisions of the much-discussed Copyright Directive, which would force tech platforms to pay media companies more to use their content, have been celebrated by the music industry and (no…

Global recording industry body the IFPI has been talking about it for years, artists have been beleaguered by the increasing take-up of it for even longer, and publishers have been begrudgingly…

The infamous Heaven's Gate cult are not too happy with US hip-hop artist Lil Uzi Vert, accusing the rapper of stealing their artwork for his upcoming release. Back in 1997, Heaven's Gate achieved…

Europe’s creative sector must now play a waiting game after members of the European Parliament decided not to fast-track sweeping copyright reforms. In what was billed by the music biz as a…

A popular YouTuber has been accused of plagiarising his own music. Paul Davids, Dutch guitarist and YouTube star with over 625,844 subscribers, received a copyright notice from YouTube after the…

This means another two months of bitter feuding between the music industry angered over the “value gap” and tech giants who argue that any kind of restrictions will constrict creativity.

Australia's piracy rate soars above the UK and Canada.

How many times have you gotten your local doctor confused with a world-famous millionaire hip-hop legend and businessman? While it might be a daily occurrence for some of us, the thought of this…

Photographers often get the short end of the stick in the world of media, with many consumers choosing to ignore the process crediting their photos or cropping out watermarks when using their work.…

The inaugural FastForward Sydney conference wrapped up on Friday, having delivered an inrush of information covering metadata, ticketing, the future of releasing music, algorithms, shifting formats,…