Eminem’s Former Employee Criminally Charged With Selling the Rapper’s Unreleased Music Online
Joseph Strange, who worked for the star from 2007 to 2021, faces years in prison if convicted on the charges. …
Karol G Hit With Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Mañana Será Bonito’ Track: ‘Strikingly Similar’
Two little-known producers say the singer stole key elements for a song off the chart-topping album. …
Karol G Hit With Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Mañana Será Bonito’ Track: ‘Strikingly Similar’
Two little-known producers say the singer stole key elements for a song off the chart-topping album. …
Sony Music Sues USC Over ‘Flagrant’ TikTok Videos Featuring Songs by Beyonce & Other Stars
The music giant says that “one of the most lucrative college sports programs in the world” has refused for years to pay for music featured on its social media channels….
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Artist Partner Group Sues Create Music Group for ‘Brazen Thievery’
APG has accused Create of violating copyrights by uploading and monetizing songs it doesn’t own and interfering with its artists’ contracts. …
Rapper Plies Sues Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla Over Soulja Boy Sample Used In ‘Wanna Be’
The lawsuit is the latest in a string of cases to claim that a legally-cleared sample featured uncleared materials from an earlier song. …
UMG Sues TuneCore Over Alleged ‘Massive’ Copyright Infringement of Rihanna, Ariana Grande & More Recordings
Along with ABKCO and Concord, the music giant accuses TuneCore and its parent Believe of willfully infringing their copyrights to grow its business in a $500 million complaint. …
UMG Lawsuit Claims Chili’s Social Media Used Songs by Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber & Other Stars
The case is the latest to accuse a major brand of using copyrighted music in videos on Instagram and other platforms without the required synch licenses. …
Barry White’s Estate Files Copyright Case Over ‘Like That’ — But Not Against Future and Metro Boomin
The lawsuit says a classic 1980s hip-hop track — a song sampled in Future’s chart-topper earlier this year — infringed one of White’s best-known hits. …
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Mariah Carey Asks Judge to Drop ‘All I Want for Christmas’ Copyright Lawsuit
The singer and her co-defendants argue that the holiday mega-hit shares only “fragmentary and commonplace building blocks of expression” with an earlier song. …