Music Law

A suit accusing the four major labels of price-fixing will proceed, thanks to a blunt Supreme Court decision. That upholds an earlier ruling by a Federal Appeals Court in New York, based on significant evide... Read More...

EMI Music has just re-inked a multi-year contract with Pink Floyd, according to preliminary details shared with Digital Music News early this morning. The refreshed contract is understood to span five years,... Read More...

There's more money - a lot more money - being plowed into Capitol Hill by the recording industry. Just moments after a filing revealed lobbying expenses of $790,000 from Universal Music Group during the thir... Read More...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied a petition for a rehearing in F.B.T. Productions, LLC, et al. v. Aftermath Records, et al., a case that threatens to drastically change royalties associated... Read More...

What's the rap lyric? "Mo' money mo' problems?"  Or better yet, "with success comes stress?" Well, in the corporate world, oversized success invites lots of unwanted lawsuits and charges, and no one knows... Read More...

(The following is a developing story. Please check back on digitalmusicnews.com for continued updates throughout the day.) And the latest major label headache? That would be Zaptunes.com, a (supposedly) San ... Read More...

By now, you've probably heard that "termination rights" in older contracts may allow artists to regain control over their valuable masters. This would apply to works created over 35 years ago, though lots of... Read More...

Curiously, disastrous deals often lead to disastrous lawsuits. But the sparring Citigroup and EMI-owning Terra Firma are now tentatively working to resolve their legal differences.  Sources conflict on the t... Read More...

(The following is a developing story. Stay tuned for ongoing developments and updates.) Limewire gets its next day in court on January 18th, 2011, according to limited details shared by company executives wi... Read More...

Limewire continues to operate on a very prickly terrain, though dealmaking and ambitious product development efforts are still underway. The latest involves a deal with Merge Records, according to details sh... Read More...