Makeup vlogger Michelle Phan, who’s huge on YouTube, is on the receiving end of a copyright lawsuit over the background songs in her videos.
Ultra Records says she used 50 songs from acts represented by the label without consent–even though at least one of the label’s own artists says she has that artist’s consent. Ultra is seeking penalties of $150,000 per song, which adds up to $7.5 million total sought.
I wrote that all of one month ago. Copyright law is a dinosaur, ill-suited for the landscape of today’s media.
— Kaskade (@kaskade) July 19, 2014
We can’t love [& won’t buy] music we haven’t heard.
http://t.co/LsgyLEEwgp
#FreeTheMusic
— Kaskade (@kaskade) July 19, 2014
[BBC via Ars Technica]