News Merlin sues TikTok rival Triller for breach of contract over allegedly unpaid music licensing fees The digital music licensing org for indie record labels says short video platform Triller owes it $2.55 million
News Limp Bizkit and Fred Durst take case against UMG to California state court A federal court tossed out most of the allegations the band made against UMG, on the grounds that they belong in a state court
News Limp Bizkit’s $200m lawsuit against UMG still alive after latest court order The federal court judge also threw out many of the charges Limp Bizkit brought against UMG, arguing they are a matter for state courts
News Zync Music, Round Hill ‘amicably’ resolve breach-of-contract lawsuit “The claims and allegations made in the complaint against Round Hill and its personnel were the result of a misunderstanding and are therefore withdrawn"
News Universal asks Texas court to dismiss Drake petition over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ UMG called Drake's petition “an apparent effort to pressure" UMG and others "to limit the distribution" of Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'
News Playboi Carti sued by Eric Mercer Jr. aka Blakk Soul for alleged copyright infringement and breach of contract over ‘Kelly K’ Eric Mercer Jr. says he had a contract giving him 5% ownership of Kelly K, but never saw a cent from the song's commercialization
News Court rejects crucial part of Limp Bizkit’s claim in $200m lawsuit against Universal Music Group Limp Bizkit's lawyers have until February 3 to amend their lawsuit, or face total dismissal of the case, a federal court judge has ordered
News Musi was kicked off the App store over copyright infringement allegations, now it’s accusing Apple of a ‘backchannel scheme’ to remove it Apple cited complaints from IFPI, NMPA and Sony Music in defending its decision to remove Musi from its App Store
Analysis News OpenAI just won a copyright battle brought by two news outlets. What could this mean for the music industry’s lawsuits against AI firms? Some observers say the ruling weakens music companies' claims against AI developers, but the OpenAI case is very different from the music cases
News Madlib sues former manager for alleged ‘rank self-dealing’ and ‘pervasive mismanagement’ The rapper has asked a California court to dissolve his businesses that have been run for years by record exec Egon
Analysis News ‘Works for hire’? Jury trial to decide if 2 Live Crew’s members, heirs have any right to its music 2 Live Crew's members and their heirs are fighting to take back the recording copyrights on the 1980s rap band's music
News Universal Music sues Chili’s restaurant chain owner over alleged copyright infringement in social media ads The restaurant chain's owner Brinker reported $4.42 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ended June 26, 2024
News Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst sues Universal for $200m over alleged unpaid royalties (report) Durst's complaint alleges he was never paid royalties, despite the major commercial success of Limp Bizkit's early albums
News After raising $50m for its US IPO in 2021, Kuke gets sued by classical music group Naxos for alleged $1.8m in missed payments Naxos says Kuke made regular payments until December 2021, and then the payments stopped
News Free streaming app Musi sues Apple over removal from App Store The legality of Canadian-born Musi has been an issue ever since it was launched a decade ago
