Music Law

Jimi Hendrix in 1967 (public domain) A New York federal court has found two relatives of Jimi Hendrix, Leon Hendrix and his daughter Tina Hendrix, guilty of trademark infringement. Digital Music News obtaine... Read More...

A federal court has ordered mega-ISP Cox Communications to pay the entire $1 billion copyright infringement penalty that a jury levied against it in December of 2019, as part of its years-long courtroom confr... Read More...

Nicki Minaj is facing a $240 million lawsuit for allegedly stealing her 2018 “Rich Sex” track – and allegedly failing to pay an agreed upon 15 percent of the royalties associated with “I Endorse These Strippe... Read More...

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...

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...

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...

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...