A Spotify subscriber sued the company in November, claiming it deceives users by letting labels boost song visibility through reduced royalty payments.
A Texas judge found that the plaintiffs sued in the wrong place, and that the plaintiffs didn't have a copyright registered for their song when they filed the case.
A Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision allowing songwriter Cyril Vetter to take back full global control of a 1963 rock song from publisher Resnik Music.
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Raphy Pina allegedly inserted himself as a songwriter on tracks he never wrote and engaged in a "coordinated operation" with the rapper's ex-wife and others.