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Images Andy Warhol created of Prince are at the heart of a case the Supreme Court will examine on Wednesday. Warhol used a black-and-white portrait taken by Lynn Goldsmith as a reference point.
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The songwriter slammed what he described as a "culture" of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the expense of a trial.
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Oracle accuses Google of illegally copying its software. Google contends the kind of code it used cannot be owned by anyone.
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A videographer spent two decades documenting the salvage of the Queen Anne's Revenge, and when North Carolina put his work online without permission, he sued.
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As a dramatic score plays, words appear on the screen: "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they call you racist." The video used music from The Dark Knight Rises without permission.
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The lawsuit alleges that the streaming music service fails to properly compensate artists for the right to reproduce or distribute recordings. It's the latest in the ongoing debate over streaming.
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Rock superstars Led Zeppelin face a claim that "Stairway to Heaven" was lifted from an earlier instrumental by the band Spirit. But what does it take to prove a song's ownership?
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The hip-hop band that reached its zenith in the 1980s won a $1.7 million judgment against Monster Beverage Corp., which used the band's music without permission.