#music-copyright

#music-copyright

Dionne Warwick is being sued by a rights firm that claims she has backed out of a deal that entitles them to "hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars" for work recovering her royalties, court records show. The company, Artists Rights Enforcement Corporation, cites its negotiation of terms and payment for the "Walk on By" sample in Doja Cat's " Paint the Town Red " as a key payday for which it is owed an ongoing cut of royalties. Warwick's team did not immediately respond to Pitchfork's request for comment.

This is an unauthorized use of my performance of 'Danger Zone.' Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately. I can't imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us. Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together.

It became the inescapable soundtrack of the summer: the uplifting melody of Jess Glynne's 2015 dance-pop hit "Hold My Hand," followed by a chirpy voice declaring that nothing beats a Jet2 holiday. Over the last few months, the British travel agency's advertisement has become a viral TikTok sound, serving as the ironic backdrop for millions of things-gone-terribly-wrong style disaster videos.

In the suit, filed in London High Court, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland claim they never got songwriting credit on their band's 1983 single, one of the biggest hits of the '80s and famously sampled on Diddy and Faith Evans' "I'll Be Missing You." They allege in the suit that they have never been paid for their writing contributions.