Court says Beyonce didn't steal song
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A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit a Minneapolis singer-songwriter filed against Beyonce, ruling the songs were "substantially dissimilar."
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A photo owned by Sir Elton John and seized from a gallery in a child porn probe is not indecent, say prosecutors.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday  declined to examine a lower-court ruling that forces  music-industry investigators to file a lawsuit to uncover the  identities of people who may be copying their songs online.
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A British woman who claims she is the mother of Michael Jackson's three children cannot intervene in the pop star's custody settlement with his ex-wife, a judge has ruled.
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LOS ANGELES  - A federal court judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Walt Disney Co. concerning its movie "Sweet Home Alabama"
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Lower courts had ruled that the companies are not liable for copyright violations committed by users.
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Police do not violate the  constitutional ban on unreasonable searches and seizures when  they stop someone suspected of one crime and then cite a  different crime as the basis of the arrest, the U.S. Supreme  Court ruled on Monday.
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By Jen DeGregorio  Maryland's top court on Thursday blocked Baltimore City from using "quick-take" condemnation to seize the Magnet Bar on North Charles Street, upholding an earlier decision by the city circuit court.
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In a judicial blow to the entertainment industry, a federal appeals court ruled that makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for the songs, movies
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A judge said Friday that she will not sentence pop singer George Michael to jail for driving while impaired.
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With some jurors nodding their heads to the beat, lawyers sparred over whether rappers Ludacris and Kanye West stole the essence of another song to create the 2003 hit &quot;Stand Up.&quot;
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Grokster, Morpheus not liable for user's actions, appeals court says.
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A federal judge dismissed charges against a New York record store owner on Friday who had been selling unauthorized recordings of concerts, saying a law against boot-legging was unconstitutional.
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Record labels and film studios cannot demand that telecommunications companies hand over the names and addresses of people who are suspected of sharing copyright-protected music and movies online, the EU's top court ruled Tuesday.
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A court ruled that the distributors of software used by millions of people to exchange music files over the Internet cannot be held liable for aiding copyright infringement.
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At least this proves she wasn't using a backing track.
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The Supreme Court yesterday declined to examine a lower-court ruling that forces music industry investigators to file a lawsuit to uncover the identities of people who may be copying their songs online.