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Ticketmaster Fined $10 Million for Hacking Into a Competitor’s Servers and Stealing Information

December 31, 2020

Ticketmaster has been fined $10 million for allegedly hacking a rival ticketing platform and stealing sensitive information between 2013 and 2015, the Department of Justice announced in a formal release. Fed... Read More...

Cardi B Wins $30 Million Lawsuit Against Former Manager

Dylan Smith

December 28, 2020

Cardi B has emerged victorious in a years-running lawsuit against her former manager, Klenord “Shaft” Raphael. Shaft levied the firmly-worded complaint against Cardi B (whose full name is Belcalis Almánzar) ... Read More...

Tekashi 6ix9ine Still Hasn’t Responded to a $5.3 Million Canceled Concert Lawsuit

Dylan Smith

December 28, 2020

In July, Digital Music News was first to report that Tekashi 6ix9ine had been named in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over a canceled 2018 concert. Now, because the rapper and his team allegedly failed to resp... Read More...

YouTube Finds a ‘Smoking Gun’ Against Pirate Monitor In Content ID Litigation

Dylan Smith

December 23, 2020

The YouTube logo. In a new legal filing, YouTube indicated that it has found a “smoking gun” against Pirate Monitor, which levied a massive class action lawsuit against the Google-owned video-sharing platform... Read More...

Will Twitch Users Face Prison Time for ‘Felony Streaming’?

Dylan Smith

December 23, 2020

Photo Credit: Caspar Camille Rubin Yesterday, it came to light that Congress had slipped a felony streaming law into the 5,539-page-long COVID-19 relief and government-spending bill. Now, some are asking whet... Read More...

Harry Fox Pushes Back Against Allegations In Eminem vs. Spotify Lawsuit

Dylan Smith

December 22, 2020

Eminem. Photo: DoD News Features (CC by 2.0) In July, as part of its unpaid-royalties lawsuit against Spotify, Eminem publisher Eight Mile Style named the Harry Fox Agency (HFA) as an additional defendant. No... Read More...

What Is the CASE Act, Exactly? A Look at America’s Latest Copyright Law

Dylan Smith

December 22, 2020

Washington, D.C.'s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. In addition to a felony streaming law, Congress’s newly passed $2.3 trillion stimulus and spending package includes ... Read More...

YouTube doesn't have to disclose the personal info of copyright infringers, court rules.

YouTube Doesn’t Have to Share the Emails, IP Addresses, or Phone Numbers of Its Infringing Users, German Court Rules

Dylan Smith

December 16, 2020

Berlin, Germany. Photo Credit: Stefan Widua A German court has ruled that YouTube doesn’t have to identify the personal information (email, phone number, IP address, etc.) of users who upload copyrighted cont... Read More...

Michael Jackson Estate Forces HBO Into Arbitration In ‘Leaving Neverland’ Defamation Lawsuit

Dylan Smith

December 15, 2020

Nearly two years after filing a $100 million Leaving Neverland defamation lawsuit against HBO, the Michael Jackson estate has forced the matter into arbitration. The Ninth Circuit recently ruled that the muc... Read More...

Judge Rules That Ticketmaster Can’t Be Sued Over Its Terms of Service Because One of the Terms Is That You Can’t Sue Ticketmaster

Dylan Smith

December 14, 2020

A federal judge has ruled that an angry customer who filed a class-action complaint against Ticketmaster is unable to take the matter to trial because the Live Nation-owned company’s terms of use (TOU) contai... Read More...

Shia LaBeouf Breaks His Silence on FKA Twigs Abuse Allegations

Dylan Smith

December 14, 2020

FKA Twigs performing live in Berlin. Photo Credit: Andreas Meixensperger Late last week, English actress and artist FKA Twigs filed a shocking lawsuit against her former boyfriend, Shia LaBeouf. Now, the 34-y... Read More...

Lil Wayne Faces $20 Million Lawsuit from Ex-Manager and Attorney

Dylan Smith

December 11, 2020

Photo Credit: Megan Elice Meadows / CC by 2.0 Lil Wayne is facing a $20 million lawsuit from his ex-manager, lawyer and former Sony Music exec Ronald Sweeney, for allegedly failing to pay management fees as w... Read More...

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Nicki Minaj Faces $240 Million Lawsuit for Allegedly Stealing “Rich Sex”

Ticketmaster Fined $10 Million for Hacking Into a Competitor’s Servers and Stealing Information

Cardi B Wins $30 Million Lawsuit Against Former Manager

Tekashi 6ix9ine Still Hasn’t Responded to a $5.3 Million Canceled Concert Lawsuit

YouTube Finds a ‘Smoking Gun’ Against Pirate Monitor In Content ID Litigation

Will Twitch Users Face Prison Time for ‘Felony Streaming’?

Harry Fox Pushes Back Against Allegations In Eminem vs. Spotify Lawsuit

What Is the CASE Act, Exactly? A Look at America’s Latest Copyright Law

YouTube Doesn’t Have to Share the Emails, IP Addresses, or Phone Numbers of Its Infringing Users, German Court Rules

Michael Jackson Estate Forces HBO Into Arbitration In ‘Leaving Neverland’ Defamation Lawsuit

Judge Rules That Ticketmaster Can’t Be Sued Over Its Terms of Service Because One of the Terms Is That You Can’t Sue Ticketmaster

Shia LaBeouf Breaks His Silence on FKA Twigs Abuse Allegations

Lil Wayne Faces $20 Million Lawsuit from Ex-Manager and Attorney