Music Law

Cox Communications has officially appealed the $1 billion copyright infringement verdict that a jury levied against it in December of 2019. This appeal arrives about six weeks after a federal court upheld th... Read More...

Earlier this month, Digital Music News was first to report that both the Marvin Gaye estate and counsel for Pharrell Williams had called for a ruling in their latest courtroom confrontation. Now, a federal ju... Read More...

Dwight Yoakam performing live. Photo Credit: SD Dirk Country star Dwight Yoakam has filed a lawsuit against Warner Music Group (WMG) over the Big Three label’s alleged failure to hand back his master recordin... Read More...

Photo Credit: Christian Wiediger YouTube has officially seized the domain of stream-ripping platform Youtubeconverter.io. The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently ruled to transfer Y... Read More...

Five days back, Digital Music News was first to report that Pro Music Rights had filed a defamation lawsuit against a Georgia-based artist named Miles Goldman. Now, a judge has dismissed the suit without prej... Read More...

The RIAA’s years-running lawsuit against Charter Communications is showing few signs of slowing down. If found liable for its users’ alleged copyright infringement, the Spectrum operator plans to argue that p... Read More...

The Marvin Gaye estate and “Freedom” creator Pharrell Williams have jointly demanded that the court make a ruling in their latest legal showdown. Representatives for Marvin Gaye as well as counsel for Pharre... Read More...

FLVTO.biz is demanding that the major labels file their lawsuit in Russian courts. The Zhivopisny Bridge in Moscow, Russia. Photo Credit: Alexander Smagin In mid-October of 2020, FLVTO.biz officially petition... Read More...