Copyright law of the United States

Miley Cyrus firmly denies allegations that her hit song “Flowers” plagiarized elements from Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man.”

According to documents obtained by The Post, the 32-year-old singer’s legal team filed a motion on November 20 to dismiss the copyright infringement lawsuit brought against Cyrus and her collaborators by Tempo Music Investments.

30 percent of respondents surveyed obtained or listened to music by infringing on existing copyright

If you're the creative type and you're struggling to come up with your next idea, do not fear: some big works, including the original version of Mickey Mouse, entered the public domain Monday in the United States.

And if, on the other hand, you prefer your Disney characters to be cute, cuddly and never-changing, well, … you might want to stop reading.

Major music publishers on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit accusing Twitter of failing to stop "rampant" copyright infringement on the platform.

The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and its members argued in the suit that the social media company should pay as much as $150,000 per work infringed, with the potential tab climbing into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Young people are particularly likely to obtain music in copyright-infringing ways

A U.S. gospel rapper whose song was partially copied by Katy Perry was awarded $2.7 million in damages by a federal jury on Aug. 1 in the latest high-profile copyright ruling to rock the music industry. 

Andy Warhol transcended a photographer's copyright by transforming a picture of a vulnerable and uncomfortable Prince into an artwork that made the singer an "iconic, larger-than-life figure," a judge ruled July 1.

Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, Maria Gabriel, was awarded by the Society of Dramaturgic Artists and Composers in Paris, reported BTA. 

A U.S. artist has sued a Turkish company for copyright infringement after it made a sculpture that looked exactly the same as one of his pieces.

Establishments that play music must pay for copyright, director of the Directorate for Copyright and Related Rights at the Ministry of Culture, Mehti Melikov, told BGNews, adding that there are ongoing checks on all the sites that broadcast music .