A new lawsuit claims a booking agent lied about securing Doechii and SiR as headliners for a Baltimore music festival this summer, then snagged a nearly $200,000 deposit […]
YNW Melly Delay, Steven Tyler Case, Drake Lawsuit, More Music Law News
THE BIG STORY: Is YNW Melly’s double murder trial ever going to happen? The rapper has sat in jail for years awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges over […]
AI Firm Likely Used Pirated Ariana Grande, More Sheet Music: Lawsuit
The group of music publishers bringing a landmark copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic say they’ve recently learned that the artificial intelligence giant illegally downloaded sheet music from online […]
Led Zeppelin Case, Beyoncé Sample, Napster Suit & More Music Law News
DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: Decades after lawsuits from record labels killed Napster, Sony Music says the descendant of the industry-shaking file-sharing service is still ignoring copyright law. […]
Sony Music Hits Napster With Lawsuit Over $9M in Unpaid Royalties
Sony Music has filed a lawsuit against Napster over allegations that the streaming service owes more than $9 million in unpaid royalties — and has continued to illegally […]
Adam Levine Case, Diddy Bail, Tyla ‘Water’ Suit & More Music Law News
NO GOOD DEED – In 2019, when Adam Levine put the call out on Instagram for donations to help victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, it seems […]
50 Cent Ex Lawsuit, Salt-N-Pepa, Sean Kingston & More Music Law News
THE BIG STORY: 50 Cent hasn’t released an album since 2014. Maybe he’s just been too busy with litigation? In his latest legal battle, the rapper’s G-Unit Books […]
Notorious B.I.G., Drake Witnesses, Karol G Win & More Music Law News
THE BIG STORY: As Biggie once said, “Mo Money Mo Problems.” The landmark sale of half of The Notorious B.I.G.’s portfolio to Primary Wave has sparked a messy […]
What Book Copyright Rulings Mean for Music Lawsuits
Two recent court decisions struck a blow for book authors suing generative AI platforms on copyright grounds, with judges concluding that training large language models (LLM) on unlicensed […]
Diddy Verdict, Megan Thee Stallion, T.I. Ruling & More Music Law News
THE BIG STORY: Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted on Wednesday (July 2) of illegal prostitution but acquitted of more severe sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, a significant legal victory […]