News Tempo Music sues Miley Cyrus (and half the music industry) for allegedly copying Bruno Mars’ ‘When I Was Your Man’ on megahit ‘Flowers’ Numerous music streaming services, along with Live Nation and Disney, are named as defendants in the copyright infringement suit
News K-pop giant HYBE asks court to unmask YouTubers accusing its artists of ‘plagiarism’ HYBE has filed defamation lawsuits against seven YouTube channels that it says have damaged the company's and artists' reputations.
News Spotify asks court to dismiss MLC lawsuit over cutting pay rate to songwriters via premium bundles In a new court filing, Spotify calls much of The MLC's case against it "irrelevant" to the legal dispute at hand
News Internet service provider Altice settles $1bn copyright infringement lawsuit with music companies Altice says it plans to "vigorously defend" against a separate lawsuit brought by Warner Music and Sony Music
News Gloria Gaynor sues music producer for alleged copyright infringement, breach of contract Gaynor alleges that producer named in lawsuit is falsely claiming to own the rights to a number of her works
Analysis News Could Spotify lose the crucial ‘bundling’ lawsuit filed by the MLC? It all comes down to these legal arguments… Spotify could easily lose the lawsuit failed against it... but still win in the long run
News TikTok sues US government over ‘unconstitutional’ divest-or-ban law, says sale by ByteDance is ‘impossible’ The Chinese government 'would not permit' the sale of TikTok's code to a non-Chinese company, the complaint alleges
News Mary J. Blige’s ‘Real Love’ subject of copyright infringement lawsuit filed against UMPG A new lawsuit alleges the composition of Mary J. Blige's 'Real Love' uses a sample from The Honey Drippers without permission
News Major labels’ $1bn copyright win against Cox Communications overturned on appeal A federal appeals court in Virginia has overturned a 2019 verdict against Cox Communications
News Sony Music sues Whitney Houston biopic producers over alleged unpaid song licenses Sony Music says the producers of 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody' never paid for using Houston's music in the bopic
News New York City sues TikTok, YouTube and other social media giants over ‘youth mental health crisis’ "These companies have chosen profit over the wellbeing of children by intentionally designing their platforms with manipulative and addictive features..."
News The MLC sues Pandora for allegedly underpaying royalties and late fees "Our team repeatedly sought to resolve this issue directly with Pandora, but Pandora has refused to correct their reporting or royalty payments"
News Travis Scott sued for alleged copyright infringement over ‘Stargazing’ and ‘Til Further Notice’ A vocal line from a 1991 track was used without permission in 'Stargazing' and 'Til Further Notice,' a new lawsuit alleges
News Hip-hop producer Turbo the Great sued over ‘Run that back Turbo’ producer tag A Georgia-based musician and songwriter claims that he contributed to Turbo's producer tag
News New York AG sues SiriusXM over alleged ‘trapping’ of consumers in ‘unwanted subscriptions’ New York state's top law enforcer alleges SiriusXM is breaking the law by making it difficult to cancel subscriptions.