MUNA. Stephen Sanchez. Lykke Li. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson chats with Celia Gregory from WNXP in Nashville about their ...

Abstract: The recent explosion of generative AI-Music systems has raised numerous concerns over data copyright, licensing music from musicians, and the conflict between open-source AI and large ...

Q: I saw on television that the Mickey Mouse character is no longer subject to copyright, or something along those lines. This seems very surprising. Can you clarify? A: In the United States, a ...

What separates an Olympic figure skating routine from a glide over the ice? Music, of course. Music is the backbone of every Olympic performance, the foundation of the magnificent choreography of ...

January 1 of each year is Public Domain Day, when copyrights expire and works enter the public domain. The public domain is essential to furthering copyright’s goals of fostering creativity and access ...

In November, KNKX published a story about Performing Rights Organizations, or PROs — agencies that collect royalties for the live performance of copyrighted songs and distribute them to songwriters ...

Sony Music Publishing Nashville and Domain Capital Group have partnered to acquire the catalog of award-winning songwriter-singer-musician Miranda Lambert. The deal encompasses her complete back ...

Like a genie released from the bottle, you can almost hear the pop culture of 1930 whooping. "I Got Rhythm." "The Little Engine that Could." "The Maltese Falcon." "Animal Crackers" with the Marx ...

Public Domain Day 2026 releases thousands of creative works for free use. As of January 1, literary works from 1930 and sound recordings from 1925 are now available without copyright restrictions. The ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

It’s hard to believe that it’s been barely a week since we were singing “Auld Lang Syne” and expressing cautious hope that 2026 might somehow prove better than 2025. (Spoiler: it has not.) Still, for ...