According to Music Business Worldwide, Universal Music Group filed a 52-page complaint last Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware alleging "deceptive trade practices and blatant copyright infringement" against DistroKid, the $24.99-a-…
via The report: The Verge · The complaint details: Startup Fortune · The earlier YouTube-scraping admission: The Verge · The original 2024 suit: The Verge
According to The Verge, Sony Music and Universal Music Group filed yet another suit against Suno, accusing its new v6 model of "model laundering" after training on user outputs from older models built on unlicensed music. The marketing, first. Suno sold v6 as …
via The recap: MyNewsLA · The coverage analysis: Insurance Business · Rival coverage: Law Commentary · The first motion round: MyNewsLA
According to MyNewsLA, Justin Baldoni's lawyers asked an L.A. Superior Court judge in new filings to rule that insurer QBE had a duty to defend him in the "It Ends With Us" litigation, arguing that the federal court in the Lively case already held she was neve…
via The recap: Hollywood Reporter · The perjury filing: CourtListener · The sanctions motion: CourtListener · The "we can bury anyone" text: New York Times
According to Hollywood Reporter, ex-"It Ends With Us" publicist Stephanie Jones has moved for sanctions against Hollywood publicist Melissa Nathan, arguing she committed perjury and hid evidence about anonymous smear websites, including one built to take down …
via The filing, reported: Rolling Stone · Rival coverage: NME · The tabloid version: Daily Mail · The brand in question: Maren Wade
According to Rolling Stone, Taylor Swift's lawyers filed this week calling Maren Wade's trademark suit over the 'The Life of a Showgirl' album title 'nonsensical' and asking the judge to dismiss the case with prejudice. Wade ran a Las Vegas Weekly column, a po…
via The original report: TMZ · The canceled-venue check and the $23M: AllHipHop · The dreads backstory: The Independent · The filing breakdown: Particle
On Wednesday, Ye's lawyers asked a judge to move a discrimination trial from October 12 to May 2027, citing upcoming Russia concerts and the deportation of his former chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, according to TMZ. The suit is from a former Donda Academy …
via The lawsuit story: Rolling Stone · The 2025 interview they cited: Rolling Stone · Rival coverage: CBC · The defendant's statement: X
Outkast has sued Oakland producer Silas Wilson, a.k.a. Ovrkast, in federal court in Georgia, accusing him of trademark infringement and breaching a name-change deal, per Rolling Stone. The 31-page complaint was filed by the duo's trademark holding company, whi…
via The recap: The Guardian · The pull-it-now demand: The Independent · The BBC Radio 4 appearance: The Independent · The edit-and-reprint update: The Independent
According to The Guardian, Piers Morgan threatened to sue Earl Spencer and his publisher over a claim in the new Princess Diana memoir Swan Song that Morgan published intrusive photos of Diana, the same week the book hits shelves. The book also alleges King Ch…