Lavigne fires back at plagiarism claims
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Chart-topping Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne is firing back at accusations that she ripped off other artists' work, calling the claims false and saying she is considering legal action.
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A dispute between an atheist group and a creationist group over some postings on YouTube  has critics of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act crying foul. They say it's a new and disturbing trend, and that false copyright claims can distort political and cultural debate.
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Mariah Careyâs 1999 hit song âThank God I Found Youâ is being questioned for plagiarism. Songwriter Seth Swirsky claims that the song is a re-doing of a song he wrote called "Just One of Those Love Songs". This is not the first plagiarism case against ...
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Singer George Michael has issued a  stinging reply to uncomplimentary remarks made by Elton John,  which he said were garnered from gossip on the "gay grapevine."
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LimeWireÂs counterclaim against the record industry accuses it of a Âmodern conspiracyÂ to aquire a monopoly over copyrighted music.
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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter, ESQ.) - A rock archive Web site is fighting back against a copyright lawsuit brought by some of music's most notable classic rock acts, dragging two major record labels into the battle.
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London: Sir Elton John, who was in London recently to attend the Q awards lashed out at pop diva Madonna, who he claims, cheating her fans by lip syncing during her Reinvention tour.
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Back in Napster&#39;s controversial days of illegal file-swapping, Metallica led the charge against digital piracy that was running rampant on the site. Fast-forward a few years and witness the rise of individual recording artists once again taking action against illegal use of their musical masterpieces.
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EVERETT, Wash. -- Prosecutors have charged 30-year-old man with felony stalking, accusing him of harassing Canadian pop singer Avril Lavigne&#39;s parents and violating a court order by trying to contact her.
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Avril Lavigne faces a lawsuit by the members of a 1970s rock band who claim her hit song "Girlfriend" rips off one of their tunes.
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Canadian singer Avril Lavigne issues an apology following reports that she spat at paparazzi in Los Angeles.
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We know what piracy debaters Lars Ulrich and Chuck D think of file sharing. But aside from the few who speak out publicly, musical artists typically sit out the rhetorical crossfire over copyright protection. This silent majority is the central focus of a new survey on Internet file-sharing, which discovered a significant sentiment: Most artists don't view unauthorized swapping of music and movies as a threat to their livelihood, even if many think it should be illegal.
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InfoWorld - The head of Warner Music Group defended the use of DRM (digital rights management) with digital music on Wednesday in an apparent response to&#160;recent criticism from Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
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Nevada makes it illegal for musicians to falsely state they are connected to well-known groups.
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George Michael has hit back at Sir Elton John after the outspoken star criticised his new album and his private life. Sir Elton claimed last month: âGeorge is in a strange place.
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A rock archive Web  site is fighting back against a copyright lawsuit brought by  some of music's most notable classic rock acts, dragging two  major record labels into the battle.
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Avril Lavigne has denied a claim by a member of a 1970s rock band that her hit "Girlfriend" rips off one of his tunes. Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer allege in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco that Lavigne and her co-writers lifted their 1979 song, "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend."