Music Law

First, the feds busted a massive cocaine ring being operated out of the Santa Monica headquarters of Universal Music Group.  But no one said anything about this: according to a recently-filed lawsuit in LA Supe... Read More...

Welcome to the increasingly vocal, and increasingly effective, lobby of songwriters and musicians.  The following statement was just released by the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), a broad coaliti... Read More...

Remember how, last week, DMN reported on TBWA Chiat Day’s "rebellious" campaign Artists vs. Artists?  The campaign used the slogan Piracy is Progress, and attempted to pin artists against artists on the issue o... Read More...

At this year's Midem, I moderated a panel called How the Music Industry Manages Innovation. As one of the panelists, publisher Rolf Budde, is a board member of German performance rights society GEMA, the conver... Read More...

Just how much responsibility should a band shoulder when something goes disastrously wrong? August 7th, 2012: "I'm the Lead Singer of Lamb of God. And I Didn't Kill My Own Fan..." This was a case that th... Read More...

Threatening to sue is one thing. Actually filing a lawsuit, hiring attorneys, and going through with it is another.  Which means, the Pirate Bay may not be filing its promised lawsuit against Finnish anti-pirac... Read More...

But this isn't just a battle between Jeff Price and his former company anymore.  It's also a war that involves co-founders Peter Wells and Gary Burke, not to mention a group of unhappy shareholders.  In fact, o... Read More...