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Rolling Stones Catalog Owner on Rock Doc Copyright Win: Fair Use Isn’t a ‘Cloak for Infringing Acts’

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Catalog company AKBCO says its recent court victory over unlicensed music in classic rock documentaries provides key clarity on the limits of “fair use,” a hot-button issue in the AI-focused copyright conversation of 2026. On Wednesday (Feb. 4), a New York federal judge held filmmaker Robert Carruthers and his company Coda Publishing liable for infringing 80 songs owned by ABKCO and Universal Music Group (UMG) in documentaries about The Rollin…

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Rolling Stones Catalog Owner on Rock Doc Copyright Win: Fair Use Isn’t a ‘Cloak for Infringing Acts’

Catalog company AKBCO says its recent court victory over unlicensed music in classic rock documentaries provides key clarity on the limits of “fair use,” a hot-button issue in the AI-focused copyright conversation of 2026. On Wednesday (Feb. 4), a New York federal judge held filmmaker Robert Carruthers and his company Coda Publishing liable for infringing 80 songs owned by ABKCO and Universal Music Group (UMG) in documentaries about The Rollin…

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Billboard broke the news in United States on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
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