THE BIG STORY: As 2025 winds to a close, Billboard is recapping all the biggest music biz stories of the last year — and on the legal front, […]
Patrick Moxey’s Payday Ends Legal War With Sony Music & Ultra Records
The years-long legal battle between Ultra Records founder Patrick Moxey and Sony Music has finally come to an end. A lawyer for Moxey’s Payday Music Publishing, Jeffrey Movit, […]
Supreme Court Music Case, Johnny Cash, Diddy v. Netflix: Legal Recap
THE BIG STORY: It’s almost 2026. Music lawyers are grappling with streaming fraud, deepfakes and trillion-dollar battles over artificial intelligence. And the U.S. Supreme Court is talking about […]
Warner Music Sues PacSun for TikToks With Ariana Grande, Beyoncé Songs
Warner Music Group (WMG) has hit apparel company PacSun with a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly using unlicensed music in advertisements and influencer videos on TikTok and Instagram. […]
Supreme Court Tackles Internet Music Piracy Lawsuit Worth $1 Billion
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday (Dec. 1) wrestled with a billion-dollar music piracy lawsuit filed by the major labels against telecom giant Cox Communications, grilling lawyers for […]
Star Sues Music Producer For Failed Atlanta Restaurant
Usher is suing music producer Bryan-Michael Cox and other organizers of a failed Atlanta restaurant project, claiming in a new lawsuit that they still owe him $700,000 and […]
Kim Kardashian Tape, Rolling Stones, Megan Thee Stallion: Music Law
THE BIG STORY: Almost 20 years after Kim Kardashian burst into the national consciousness with a leaked sex tape, the male participant in the video says it wasn’t […]
Drake’s ‘What Did I Miss’ Music Video Spurs Lawsuit From Photographer
A new lawsuit claims Drake’s ”What Did I Miss?” music video ripped off the work of an Italian photographer — and, in a strange twist, that the rapper […]
Spotify Lawsuit, Taylor Swift Trump TikTok, Michael Jackson: Music Law
THE BIG STORY: Since subscribing to Spotify in 2023, Genevieve Capolongo says she’s mostly listened to “lesser-known artists” like Próxima Parada, Julia Cooper and Brusco. But she says […]
GEMA Wins AI Music Copyright Case Against OpenAI and ChatGPT
BERLIN — The first serious European court decision on AI and music is in – and rightsholders won. On Nov. 11, the Munich Regional Court ruled that OpenAI’s […]