What Next - Dua Lipa’s Copyright Problem

Long before the Supreme Court handed down the landmark Obergefell ruling on equal marriage in 2015, activists were canvassing door-to-door, courting any lawmaker who would listen, and losing at the local level—a lot. Their scrappy determination helped convince family members, nei ...  Show more

This week: Situational Awareness—an A.I.-forward hedge fund led by a former wunderkind and OpenAI employee—was tanking fast until a rival fund stepped in. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck explain the series of events that led to Citadel swooping in to buy the bulk o ...  Show more

She definitely might want to fly away tonight! Dua Lipa’s no-doubt-about-it megahit “Levitating” has an amazing groove – but is it hers? Some say no way! Two different musical plaintiffs are suing Dua and her record company for ripping off their tunes and making bank with last ...

Dua Lipa joins the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to chat about her smash hit “Levitating” being named the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 song of 2021, her upcoming tour, her hit collaboration with Elton John on “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” the possibility of new music and her new Service95 v ...  Show more

There’s a lawsuit alleging that Taylor Swift stole the lyrics to “Shake It Off.” The pop star could win the case, but some legal experts tell Billboard they’re alarmed that the case is headed to trial at all. Plus HBO releases a Juice WRLD documentary that provides a heartbreakin ...  Show more

This week on Decoder we are doing something a little different. We're talking with Charlie Harding, co-host of the podcast Switched on Pop a podcast about pop music, about the state of the music industry particularly as it relates to copyright. The conversation is framed around O ...  Show more