3 Count: Settling Lizzo

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1: Lizzo Settles Lawsuit Over TikTok Song That Trolled Sydney Sweeney Jeans Controversy

First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that the musician Lizzo has quickly settled a lawsuit filed against her over an unreleased track and contained an uncleared sample.

The lawsuit was filed by GRC Trust, which owns the rights to Win or Lose, a 1995 track by Sam Dees. They alleged that Lizzo had used a sample from the song in an unreleased track that was shared, in part, on social media.

Lizzo’s track, entitled Good Jeans, was meant to mock actor Sydney Sweeney and her recent controversial ad. However, Lizzo’s song was never released formally, and only a clip was shared on social media.

2: Publishers Urge Govt To Exempt News From AI Copyright Regime, Back Voluntary Licensing

Next up today, Imran Fazal at Storyboard 18 reports that, in India, news publishers are asking the government to exempt their publications from a possible compulsory license regime for AI.

Recently, the Indian government proposed a compulsory license regime where rightsholders in the country would be compensated for their work being used to train AI systems. However, the rates would be set by the government and rightsholders would be unable to refuse.

The news publishers didn’t outright oppose the compulsory license idea, but said that news publications should be exempt from it. The publishers also said that they would like India to pull a page from Canada’s Online News Act, which requires search engines and other companies to pay for the use of news content.

3: Shake It Off! NAR Looks To Dismiss Taylor Swift Copyright Claim

Finally today, Brooklee Han at HousingWire reports that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by photographer Brynn Burns over photos of an estate belonging to Travis Kelce.

The lawsuit involves the site Realtor.com, which used photos that Burns took of the Kelce estate as part of a feature after Kelce became engaged to Taylor Swift. Burns sued NAR as well as the site itself and the site’s parent company, Move.

NAR is now seeking to be dismissed from the lawsuit, saying that the court lacks jurisdiction over the organization. Further, they allege that they have had no involvement in Realtor.com since they sold Move to News Corp in November 2014.

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