Grammy-winning Chicano rock band Los Lobos alleges in a pair of recent lawsuits that Sony has underpaid royalties on songs it recorded for the 1987 Ritchie Valens biopic […]
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, […]
Sony Must Face Concert Beer Can Throw Case
Country singer Jameson Rodgers allegedly hurled a “full, unopened beer can” into a concert crowd and hit a fan during a 2022 festival on the Jersey Shore – […]
Sony Company Sues Tour Counterfeiters
Sony merch venture Ceremony of Roses has brought a lawsuit seeking to stop counterfeiters from selling knockoff Benson Boone goods outside the pop singer’s American Heart arena tour. […]
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 […]
DSW Hits Back at UMG & Sony
A new lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment is flipping the script on the major labels’ common practice of taking legal action against businesses […]
‘Big Time Rush’ Creator Files Lawsuit Against Sony Over Reunion Tour
Sony Music Entertainment has been hit with a lawsuit from the creator of the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush, who says the label “concocted a bad faith entity […]
Sony Files Lawsuit Claiming LiveOne Owes $2.6M in Licensing Fees
Sony claims in a new lawsuit that streaming platform LiveOne and its subsidiary Slacker Radio owe $2.6 million in unpaid licensing fees yet are refusing to stop playing […]
Sony Music Sues USC Over TikTok Videos With Songs by Beyonce & Others
Sony Music is suing the University of Southern California (USC) for more than $25 million over claims that the college sports powerhouse illegally used songs by Michael Jackson, […]
Jimi Hendrix Lawsuit Heads To Trial After UK Court Rejects Sony Appeal
A long-running legal battle over the rights to Jimi Hendrix’s music is going to trial after a U.K. appeals court rejected Sony Music’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit […]