Off Beat

March 19, 2026

BMG signals Anthropic copyright fight won’t fade away

Music company BMG Rights is demanding satisfaction from artificial intelligence company Anthropic, alleging it shattered copyright law by reproducing hundreds...

March 18, 2026

Disney cracks down on ‘rogue’ magic makers

Walt Disney Co. may be shutting the royal ball down early for a few would-be princesses as it tightens control...

March 17, 2026

Trading card site a casino with better card stock: lawsuit

Collecting sports cards has always had an element of chance. But a new lawsuit claims one popular platform may have...

March 13, 2026

Snack attack: Suit says protein bar packs more calories than label indicates

A class-action lawsuit accusing trendy David protein bars of containing far more fat and calories than advertised is stirring up...

March 12, 2026

Spellcheck, but make it litigious

Grammarly may be best known for fixing comma splices, but now the editing program is facing a lawsuit over borrowing...

March 10, 2026

For better premiums or worse

Being unwed in Montana may now come with a small financial penalty — at least when it comes to insurance...

March 9, 2026

Top 10 Off Beats from February

Cars, drivers and insurance go together in the Top 10 Off Beats for the month....

March 6, 2026

Lawyering up does not mean logging into ChatGPT: lawsuit

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has been accused in a new lawsuit of practicing law without a U.S. license and helping a...

March 5, 2026

Survey: Most Americans ignore insurance until something beeps

Most Americans appear to treat their insurance policies like appliance manuals — technically important, but something you only look at...

March 3, 2026

Squirrel indicted in Ohio network outage

Government offices in one Ohio county suffered a communications breakdown last month and the prime suspect is admitting nothing....

March 2, 2026

Golfers find 19th hole below the 13th fairway

Officials at the Davyhulme Park Golf Club in Manchester, England, last week saw a disaster turn into a bonanza when...

February 24, 2026

Hey Jude, don’t steal this song

Sony Group says it has built a kind of musical DNA test for AI-generated tunes — one that can tell...

February 23, 2026

Love at first crash?

A new dating scam is turning sweethearts into insurance suspects, according to The Guardian....

February 20, 2026

Talk about winning the gold

An anonymous donor gave Osaka, Japan, $3.6 million in gold bars to fix its run-down water pipes, the Associated Press...

February 19, 2026

Being tracked keeps drivers on track

Drivers whose insurance rates are based on measurements of their habits and who got tips on how to do better...

February 18, 2026

Judge goes a little wild in tossing out chicken wing case

A federal judge in Chicago had some fun (or licked his lips?) as he dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against Buffalo...

February 17, 2026

Car ownership cost estimates, reality are miles apart

We’re off by almost $4,600....

February 13, 2026

The first rule of AI fight club: don’t deepfake Tom Cruise

Hollywood studios are urging TikTok owner ByteDance to curb its new AI video model, Seedance 2.0, after users generated a...

February 11, 2026

Fragrance maker doesn’t like the smell of this

Beauty company Estee Lauder alleges that Walmart is selling knockoffs of company products, according to Reuters....

February 10, 2026

Make might explain bad driving: study

In the great American tradition of judging strangers based solely on their vehicles, a new LendingTree study has done the...

March 19, 2026