Legal

LiveXLive has submitted a firmly worded cease-and-desist letter to Billboard for alleged “harassment,” “defamation,” “outrageous inflammatory lies,” and more on its part and specifically from a reporter named... Read More...

Photo Credit: Andy Witchger / CC by 2.0 A judge dismissed a lawsuit from the songwriters who argue they should receive credits on "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo. The lawsuit alleges the song is copied from "Healthy,... Read More...

Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 2.0 Kim Kardashian West has teamed up with Monica and vowed to free C-Murder, a New Orleans-born rapper who was sentenced to life in prison for allegedly murdering a 16-year-... Read More...

Earlier this week, Digital Music News was first to report that music streaming services — including Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pandora — had scored a victory in their battle against the Copyright Royalty Boar... Read More...

Photo Credit: Genius Despite the introduction of evidence that seems to prove Genius’s stolen-lyrics accusations against Google and LyricFind, a judge has dismissed the lawsuit. Genius, a Brooklyn-headquarte... Read More...

T.I. performing in Pittsburgh in 2006. In June, we reported that Travis Scott was facing a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly lifting the guitar riff featured in “Highest in the Room” from Instagram... Read More...

Cox Communications has moved to trim $243 million off the $1 billion copyright infringement ruling levied against it late last year. The Atlanta-headquartered internet service giant and television provider r... Read More...

In March 2019, Digital Music News was first to report that Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, and Google had unilaterally challenged the 44 percent songwriter royalty increase proposed by the Copyright Royalty Board... Read More...

Photo Credit: BadShah YouTube Indian rapper Badshah, who remains best known for controversially laying claim to YouTube’s 24-hour viewership record, is facing a criminal investigation from Mumbai Police for a... Read More...

Photo Credit: Solen Feyissa TikTok is now threatening legal action against an executive order signed by President Trump banning US firms from conducting business with the platform. The growing conflict betwe... Read More...