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-…
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On Friday night, Olivia Rodrigo opened her Unraveled Tour at People's Bank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut, and artificial rain turned her white sleeveless dress into a disintegrating costume change during "the cure," revealing a red corset and micro miniskirt …
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 …
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According to AP, Taylor Swift will receive an inaugural "Artist Director Honors" at tonight's VMAs, a 31st trophy that makes her the most awarded artist in VMA history. The award, announced Monday by CBS and MTV, recognizes artists whose work behind the camera…
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According to Page Six, Lionel Richie, 77, announced his return to the "American Idol" judging panel for season 25 during Luke Bryan's Luke Bryan & Friends concert at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday, appearing on the arena's big screen while Bryan and…
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According to fashiontimes, Aritzia named KATSEYE's 18-year-old Yoonchae the face of its Super Puff campaign Thursday, her first solo brand deal since the group's 2023 debut. The group already holds deals with Gap, Fendi, Pandora, and Glossier. Now the youngest…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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Gap Inc. announced Tuesday a multiyear partnership with JYT, a five-member boy band, as the first deal under its new Fashiontainment platform, per AP via Seattle Times. The deal includes a co-produced docuseries, a national mall tour starting in October, and a…
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Taylor Swift announced on Instagram this morning that The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, a four-track follow-up to last year's record, drops this Friday with pre-orders already open on Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon. Caption and tracklist courtesy of Just Ja…
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At his Saturday show in Philadelphia, Ed Sheeran told 50,000 people at Lincoln Financial Field that the past week was one of the worst of his life. The show went on after several support acts pulled out of the tour, and Sheeran called it the best show of my li…
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Taylor Swift announced Tuesday that a new single, "Patient Zero," drops September 25 with a 24-hour pre-order window on her website, per E! News, capping a run of coded clues that started with a cryptic Emmys sketch and a letter on her site that sprouted a thi…