Bill Donahue

1 week ago | billboard.com | Bill Donahue

THE BIG STORY: Years after it was first filed, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a lawsuit claiming Ed Sheeran’s 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud” infringed Marvin Gaye‘s famed 1973 jam “Let’s Get It On.” The decision is the latest win for Sheeran in a nine-year legal odyssey over two songs that do, in fact, sound pretty similar to many listeners. Spin described “Thinking” as “an incredibly obvious successor” to Gaye’s song, and countless YouTube accounts mashed them up.

1 week ago | billboard.com | Bill Donahue

AI music startup Udio is facing another copyright lawsuit — this time a proposed class action on behalf of independent artists who have been “left without a seat at the table” in the high-profile litigation filed by the major labels. Weeks after news that Universal Music, Warner Music and Sony Music were in talks to potentially settle their billion-dollar lawsuit against Udio, a country singer named Tony Justice is filing his own case against the company in Manhattan federal court.

1 week ago | billboard.com | Bill Donahue

Ed Sheeran’s next tour isn’t going to include a stop at the U.S. Supreme Court.

1 week ago | billboard.com | Bill Donahue

The judge in Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ sex trafficking trial has formally dismissed a juror for giving inconsistent answers about where he lives, rejecting warnings by the rapper’s defense attorneys about a “thinly veiled effort to dismiss a Black juror.” Prosecutors moved to remove the juror last week, citing a “lack of candor” in his answers before he was picked for the trial.

1 week ago | orlandofamilymagazine.com | Bill Donahue

The arts enrich the lives of older adults and those around them. In the 1982 children’s book, Miss Rumphius, the title character recalls her grandfather once telling her she has to do three things with her adult life: travel to faraway places; live by the sea; and do something to make the world more beautiful—three essential ingredients for a life well lived. Miss Rumphius checks off the first two without too much trouble, but struggles with the third.