Sirius XM Urges Ninth Circuit to Dump Judgment on Pre-1972 Music Royalties
Sirius argued no state has recognized an artist’s right to control how and where their music is played after the recording is sold.
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Heirs of Bob Dylan Collaborator Want Cut of $300M Catalog Sale
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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The 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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An appeals court in California upheld a ruling in favor of Beats Electronics in a suit alleging it fraudulently deprived Monster and its CEO of their interest in Beats and revenue from its products, which include headphones and speakers. Apple acquired Beats for more than $3 billion in 2014.
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Quincy Jones’ $9 Million Win in Michael Jackson Royalties Suit Wiped Out on Appeal
A California appeals court on Tuesday sliced the $9 million awarded to music producer Quincy Jones as royalties for producing several of pop legend Michael Jackson’s records down to just over $2.5 million.
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Rapper Post Malone Fires Back in Fight Over Writing Credit
Rapper and singer Post Malone filed a copyright lawsuit in Manhattan federal court Tuesday to extinguish claims filed earlier in the day in Los Angeles by a Canadian musician who says he’s been denied credits for playing on an all-night jam session that birthed the 2019 hit pop song “Circles.”
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Chris Cornell’s Widow Sues His Soundgarden Bandmates
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell’s widow sued the musician’s former bandmates Monday, claiming they wrongfully withheld hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid royalties from the deceased grunge icon’s unreleased songs.
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NCAA champion gymnast Ariana Berlin claims Carmel Creek Productions owes her money for the 2015 Netflix film “Full Out,” which was based on her life story, in San Diego Superior Court.
Read moreMusic Royalties
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit remanded Lennie Williams’ (Tower of Power) class action complaint that Warner Music underpaid “royalties owed to potentially thousands of persons and entities for sound recordings streamed in foreign countries.”
Read moreHouse Democrats Call for Overhaul of Oil-Leasing Rules
Taxpayers lose billions each year in royalties generated from oil and gas leases on public lands while fossil fuel developers reap profits at their expense, but Democrats on Tuesday pushed legislation that would overhaul leasing laws that have not been updated in a century.
Read moreFamed Composer Morricone Gets New Shot at Royalties
The Italian composer Ennio Morricone can pursue “a few dollars more” following a Second Circuit reversal Wednesday about his rights to the scores of six spaghetti-western films produced in late 1970s and early 1980s.
Read moreFeds to Review Agreements Governing Music Licenses
In a move the industry has long been anticipating, the Justice Department announced Wednesday it will conduct a review of the decades-old consent decrees that determine how the country’s two largest musical performing rights organizations license music.
Read moreJudge Sides With FTC in Qualcomm Royalty Dispute
The Federal Trade Commission won a landmark victory against computer chip manufacturer Qualcomm in a case with widespread implications on how technology companies will license their products.
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The members of the pop group The Persuasions claim in court that Warner Music Group owe royalties for sales on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.
Read moreTransnational Apple-Qualcomm Fight Lands in Silicon Valley
Technology giants Qualcomm and Apple faced off in federal court Wednesday, in the Silicon Valley front of their escalating and acrimonious battle over key cellular components.
Read moreQualcomm Says Apple, Others Owe Billions in Royalties
An attorney for phone chipset maker Qualcomm claimed during a hearing Friday that Apple and other contract manufacturers owe more than $7 billion in royalties for using its technology in smartphones.
Read moreThird Eye Blind
Kevin Cadogan, a founding member and lead guitarist of Third Eye Blind, brought a federal complaint against the band and its current lead singer Stephan Jenkins, claiming they re-released its 1997 debut album with four unreleased songs, without informing him or paying him.
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Leonard Williams (Tower of Power) filed a class action against Warner Music Group, claiming it uses Hollywood accounting to defraud musicians of royalties from international streaming, in L.A. Superior Court.
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