News and Research articles on Music rights

This article explains how copyright law and content moderation undermine the incentive for mashup producers to create mashup expressions.

KEYWORDS: Copyright, Music rights, Music, Freedom of expression, Content moderation

The District Court of Munich ruled on February 25 that YouTube cannot blame German royalty collecting society GEMA for content blocked on its platform.

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German court tells YouTube to change wording on filtering notices

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