certainly a newsworthy ruling but it feels really weird to *omit entirely* that the judge very explicitly distinguished the case from the generative AI copyright cases... bsky.app/profile/wire...

Seems like he didn’t say “pedophile” during Not Like Us. A compromise?

Jimi Hendrix Lawsuit Headed To Trial After UK Court Says Bandmates Can Sue Sony Over Royalties

Notorious B.I.G. Estate Sues Target & Home Depot Over Famed "King of New York" Photo

new over at @billboard.com: Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" is at the center of Drake's lawsuit. Does that mean he won't play it at the Super Bowl?

A weird little court ruling on the 1963 rock classic "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)" could be a big win for songwriters and their families, but opponents say it will upend existing music industry practices. Our story @billboard.com:

Superman's airspace restricted to the U.S.? www.wsj.com/business/med...

A lawsuit accused Spotify of using audiobooks as a pretext to illegally cut music royalties, but a federal judge says the streamer did nothing wrong. www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-...

you suddenly awaken in your bed, drenched in sweat. thank god, you think: it was all just a nightmare. you aren't actually a BigLaw associate tasked with deposing John McEnroe.

As the legal battle over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” gets underway, both sides have retained top attorneys – with Drake hiring a lawyer who battles conspiracy theories and Universal Music Group turning to one of its favorite law firms. Here are the lawyers trying to win it for each side.

It's official: We've got 12 jurors and four alternates for A$AP Rocky's gun assault trial in Los Angeles. Opening statements will be tomorrow beginning at 10:30 a.m. Judge Arnold is reading a few instructions to the jury right now. I’ll stream live on YouTube. www.youtube.com/@MeghannCuniff

@billboard.com has arrived on Bluesky! Go give em a follow.

holy cow here we go www.billboard.com/pro/drake-su...

No decision in TikTok, Inc. v. Garland from the Supreme Court today.

this lawsuit is old enough to get a learner's permit www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Diddy prosecutor, btw bsky.app/profile/lega...

NEW: Megan Thee Stallion wins restraining order against Tory Lanez after tearful testimony in Los Angeles court. “The person who shot me won't let me forget it." www.billboard.com/pro/megan-th...

NEW: Travis Scott, SZA and Future are facing a copyright lawsuit from a singer named Victory Boyd, who claims they used her lyrics without permission in "Telekinesis." www.billboard.com/pro/travis-s...

if you missed it yesterday... an arbitrator says Netflix's planned Ramones movie needed to be approved by Johnny Ramone's widow - and that the Ramones exec who shepherded the project without her consent must be removed from his role.

BREAKING: Jay-Z has filed his first court response to lawsuit alleging he raped a minor with Diddy in 2000. His lawyers argue that the accuser must disclose her name so that he can effectively defend against the “patently false” claims. My story: www.billboard.com/pro/jay-z-fi...

NEW: Jay-Z has issued a blistering statement denying the rape allegations leveled against him in a lawsuit tonight. He calls them a “blackmail attempt” filed by a “fraud” lawyer. Full statement:

NEW: A federal judge has refused to dismiss a civil lawsuit accusing electronic music producer Bassnectar of sexually abusing three underage girls, sending the long-running case to a jury trial.

Breaking: TikTok can be banned in the U.S. over national security concerns, a federal appeals court ruled

Village People singer Victor Willis says he's going to sue news outlets that call the song "YMCA" a "gay anthem." But it's much easier to threaten lawsuits on Facebook than it is to actually win them in court. My story:

Someone (not me) should write a law review article about the constitutionality of keeping a jury empaneled for a long ass time.

go read my new Legal Beat newsletter over Billboard! we're talking Miley's copyright case over "Flowers," Limp Bizkit's $200M royalties lawsuit and, quite obviously, Drake-Kendrick-UMG. www.billboard.com/pro/drake-v-...

JUST IN: Drake has filed another legal action against UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us." In it, he claims the music giant could have halted the release of a song that was “falsely accusing him of being a sex offender,” but instead "chose to do the opposite." www.billboard.com/pro/drake-se...

i write about music lawsuits all day every day and the idea that Drake would actually hire lawyers and sue over a diss track was genuinely unimaginable to me. "nah, won't happen." lol. from may:

Lindsay Buckingham has got to be monitoring the progress of a legal precedent for “this song is unlawfully mean to me” with bated breath

BREAKING: Drake is taking legal action against Universal Music Group and Spotify over allegations that they conspired to artificially inflate Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." This is .... so wild. More to come.

It's official: Nelly's former St. Lunatics bandmates Murphy Lee, Kyjuan and City Spud are no longer suing him. And they say they never wanted to in the first place.

I’ve started to put together a list of credible, important #musicbusiness voices here on @bsky.app. There is so much bad info, so many cheap, ill-informed hot takes on the #musicbiz. These are some of the sources that I use to stay informed on what’s now/next. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Crime reporting be like

JUST IN: A New York judge says SiriusXM's cancellations process violates federal consumer protection law. The company allows subscribers to sign up online, but forces them to call a live agent to cancel. The judge says that's not quite fraudulent, but that it's "frustrating" and "aggravating."

if you missed it: Tory Lanez's lawyers have claimed on appeal that the gun he allegedly used to shoot Megan Thee Stallion has vanished. Now, prosecutors say that "troubling" accusation is very clearly false.

Rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is expected in court for a hearing on his request for release from jail pending trial on sex trafficking charges. Learn more in The Daily Docket. Subscribe: reut.rs/4aBvwvO

Miley Cyrus is firing back at that copyright lawsuit claiming she stole her chart-topper "Flowers" from the Bruno Mars song "When I Was Your Man." Her lawyers say there's a "fatal flaw" in the case: No Bruno Mars. www.billboard.com/pro/miley-cy...

NEW: Sony Music has settled a lawsuit filed by a former Columbia Records staffer who claimed she was forced to resign after pushing back on hiring practices that allegedly discriminated against white applicants. www.billboard.com/pro/sony-mus...

NEW: Young Thug might be home from jail, but he's still facing a years-old, multi-million dollar legal battle with concert giant AEG over a touring partnership gone sour. www.billboard.com/pro/young-th...

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