1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (632+ words) The big US antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation is due to get to trial next week. However, Live Nation wants to delay the proceedings by appealing a recent ruling made in the case. But the judge overseeing the legal battle,…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1791+ words) Live Nation's top lawyer Dan Wall wrote a rant about the DoJ's big antitrust lawsuit against the company last week. It was published on Live Nation's investor portal, only to be yanked down shortly after. Live Nation didn't want people…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (789+ words) The US judge overseeing the big antitrust litigation against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has declined to dismiss the case, though he has trimmed down the lawsuit, removing some of the legal claims in it. It now goes to trial next…...

2+ week, 1+ min ago  (788+ words) Last month a US court issued an injunction banning piracy activist group Anna's Archive from making available any of the music files it grabbed when hacking the Spotify platform last year. Totally ignoring that court order, the piracy group is…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (482+ words) Last year the FTC accused Ticketmaster US of breaching the BOTS Act, the law that regulates how American touts access tickets to resell. The ticketing company insists that the BOTS Act does not apply to its operations, but one of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (593+ words) A musician who performed backing vocals on Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth song "See You Again" has sued Warner, accusing the label of depriving him of rights and royalties he is due from the song. Jake Broido was working in…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (745+ words) Last year a US court declined to allow music publishers that are suing AI company Anthropic to add extra piracy claims to their lawsuit. Knowing those claims strengthen their case, given recent legal precedent, the publishers have now filed a…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago  (713+ words) After trying to quit HYBE's Ador label, K-pop group NewJeans last year agreed to carry on working with the company. But then the label announced it was axing and suing one member, while also accusing Ador founder Min Hee-jin of…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (574+ words) Wixen has accused Meta of employing "unscrupulous" tactics to pressure the publisher into accepting much lower royalty rates. It claims Meta removed Wixen songs from its Reels library and lied to the artists behind those tracks in a bid to…...

1+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (629+ words) Chad Hugo has sued Pharrell Williams in a dispute over the running of two companies the Neptunes duo co-own. Williams manages the companies day-to-day and, Hugo claims, has failed to provide proper financial reporting and to pay him all the…...