International pop star and self-proclaimed “good girl gone bad” Rihanna was unapologetic Tuesday when she sued her father and his business partner for exploiting her name without permission and trying to cash in on her brand to promote their entertainment company.
Read moreFinding Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” similar enough to the classic “Let’s Get It On,” a federal judge ruled Thursday that the copyright case should be decided by a jury.
Read moreChris Brown has been charged with monkey-related misdemeanors.
Read moreSuing under the name Trevor George Smith Jr., rapper Busta Rhymes claims in court that Rasheem “Bubba” Barker skimmed half a million bucks from booking fees.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed sexual assault charges a 14-year-old girl filed against Christian rock band Owl City, but not against the former member who pleaded guilty to lewdness.
Read moreDanny O’Donovan claims Janet Jackson, Randy Jackson, and Juggernaut Productions owe him $300,000 for managing Janet Jackson’s 2017 world tour, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read moreJohn Fryer claims Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails owe him money and an accounting for his work as a producer, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read moreSpanish prosecutors have charged pop music star Shakira with tax evasion, alleging she failed to pay more than $16.3 million between 2012 and 2014. The Colombian singer denied the charges.
Read moreThe Russian parliament on Thursday announced a rap song competition amid a crackdown on contemporary music that evoked Soviet-era censorship of the arts.
Read moreAppleCorps claims in court that 83 companies, the vast majority of them Chinese, are selling knockoff Beatles and Yellow Submarine products, violating trademark, competing unfairly and unjustly enriching themselves.
Read moreA two-second sample of a rhythm sequence from a song by electronic music pioneer Kraftwerk constitutes copyright infringement since the sampling was done without permission from the songwriters, a European Court of Justice magistrate said Wednesday.
Read morePilot error following engine maintenance problems caused the helicopter crash that killed Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry and the pilot at a small airport where he was to perform that night, federal investigators said.
Read moreA self-styled music impresario who was set to face off against rapper Drake in court Monday reached a confidential settlement to head off their New York trial.
Read moreThe boxer Floyd Mayweather agreed Thursday to pay the SEC $614,775 in penalties and disgorgement, and music producer DJ Khaled (Khaled Khaled) $152,275, for failing to disclose payoffs they received for promoting Initial Coin Offerings.
Read moreWhitney Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown and the estate of the couple’s late daughter, Bobbi Kristina, brought a federal complaint Wednesday against Showtime Networks, BBC and others, saying they did not get permission for various footage that appears in “Can I Be Me,” a 2017 documentary about the late singer.
Read moreThe makers of a docu-series about Meek Mill’s experience with Philadelphia justice officials were hit with a federal complaint Wednesday from a lawyer who says his off-the-record remarks were secretly recorded.
Read moreThelonious Sphere Monk Jr. settled his federal complaint with North Coast Brewing Co. for the use of his late father’s name and image, for an undisclosed amount.
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