One month after Bob Dylan sold off his entire songwriting catalog for an estimated $300 million, the wife of an erstwhile collaborator of Dylan’s during his iconic mid-’70s Rolling Thunder Revue period brought a lawsuit on Wednesday for outstanding royalties.
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Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81.
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Should someone’s creative work be used against them in a criminal trial? That was the question presented before the Maryland Court of Appeals earlier this year after rap lyrics sang in a jailhouse phone call were part of the state’s effort to convict Lawrence Montague of murder.
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A line in Australia’s national anthem officially changed Friday in a move the nation’s leader said was aimed at better recognizing the country’s Indigenous people.
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The organizers of an indoor music festival in Barcelona to test the effectiveness of same-day coronavirus screening said Wednesday that preliminary results indicate there was zero transmission inside the venue.
Read moreThe Second Circuit upheld the dismissal of a song copyright owner’s claims against Prince, Spike Lee and others. The plaintiff, who owns the copyright of the song “Phone Sex,” claimed that the song “Girl 6” — performed by Prince for Spike Lee’s film of the same name — infringed on his copyright.
Read moreGuitar Center filed Saturday for Chapter 11 in a federal bankruptcy court, listing up to $10 billion in assets and liabilities.
Read moreA federal court in New York granted a musician a preliminary injunction against a Covid-19-related rule that allows “incidental music” at dining establishments but does not allow advertised or ticketed live music.
Read moreA California appeals court revived negligence claims against entertainment company Live Nation brought by the family of a 19-year-old girl who died of a drug overdose at the 2015 Hard Summer Music Festival. Live Nation challenged the family’s contention that the girl would have survived had appropriate medical care been readily available, but the company did not offer any supporting evidence.
Read morePart of a copyright case against Post Malone can continue, a federal court in California ruled. Canadian musician Tyler Armes claims he co-authored Post Malone’s song Circles and deserves a larger share of the royalties.
Read moreMarvel Entertainment and the movie studios behind the 2018 blockbuster movie “Venom” used the song “Super Hyphie” without permission, the record label Rah Muzic claims in a federal complaint.
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Two former Oklahoma jail employees and their supervisor face misdemeanor cruelty charges after investigators found they forced inmates to stand handcuffed for hours and listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark” on repeat, a prosecutor said Monday.
Read moreThe Fifth Circuit dismissed a jazz musician’s copyright claim against the hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis in which he alleged that the duo digitally sampled his songs without permission.
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The creators of popular mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap” reached a settlement with French companies and film studios they claimed robbed them of $400 million in commercial profits after the studios acquired rights to the 1984 cult classic, according to court documents filed Friday.
Read moreNicki Minaj’s use of lyrics and vocal melodies from Tracy Chapman’s song “Baby Can I Hold You” did not constitute copyright infringement, a federal court in California ruled, finding Minaj’s song “Sorry” constituted fair use.
Read moreThe pioneer of Pullman Bonds, which are tradable securities backed by future royalties to musical recordings and compositions, claims in a federal complaint that the Isley Brothers sold rights to their songs behind their back after Pullman had negotiated exclusive rights to the songs in the late ’90s to save the band and its members from financial ruin.
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Britney Spears is welcoming public scrutiny of the court conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 12 years as she seeks to push her father out of power, according to a Thursday court filing.
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Read moreA California appeals court upheld a ruling setting aside an $8 million default judgment against Lena Katina, a member of the early 2000s pop duo t.A.T.u.. Her former manager, who claims Katina was the “most famous recording artist in Russian music history” and that he had changed the trajectory of her career, had sued her for wrongful termination.
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Two Virginians claim they were misled into supporting rapper Kanye West’s effort to get on their state’s presidential ballot this November according to a new lawsuit.
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