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Dre and Nicole Young are going through divorce proceedings. Nicole Young has claimed that she has a legal and financial right to her former husband’s stage name and classic album, The Chronic since Dre never trademarked his stage name until after the two married. MORE
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DJ Artem “Arty” Stoliarov sued DJ Marshmello over copyright infringement after Marshmello released “Happier,” which Arty said was a copy of their remix version of the song, “I Lived,” by One Republic. MORE
BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch stated last month that the company’s “fairness agenda… isn’t some kind of hobby, separate from our business strategy – it’s integral to it” As a result, BMG appears stepping their royalty payment processing up by a whole month for all songwriters and copyright holders. MORE
“Threat to Bring Sham Lawsuit Was Attempted Extortion; Panel Says Effort to Exact $1 Million From Entertainer Andy Grammer Came Under Hobbs Act”: Metropolitan News-Enterprise has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday MORE
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MAY 28, 2021
Amazon Inc is making a big push into the entertainment field by acquiring MGM Studios in a deal worth $8.45 billion. MGM is one of the oldest studios in Hollywood, founded in 1924 when films were still silent.
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Netflix jumped into live entertainment last year with a Stranger Things drive-in show. The show opened in downtown Los Angeles and was a makeshift fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, in 1985.
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MAY 31, 2021
American XO is suing everyone behind the 2018 hit song, “Eastside.” ” The list includes: Benny Blanco, Halsey, Khalid, and Ed Sheeran, along with Universal Music Group, Interscope Records, and Friends Keep Secrets.
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Apple faces antitrust violation charges by the Competition Commissioner for the European Union. The challenge claims that Apple “distorts competition for music streaming by imposing unfair rules for rival services in its App Store.”
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BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch stated last month that the company’s “fairness agenda… isn’t some kind of hobby, separate from our business strategy – it’s integral to it” As a result, BMG appears stepping their royalty payment processing up by a whole month for all songwriters and copyright holders.
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Broadway was hit surprisingly by the pandemic. Insurance companies decided not to pay out if the reasons were tied to the pandemic. One prominent example was the producers behind Tine and Harry Potter; both paid their premiums to cover this risk of cancellation of performances.
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MAY 24, 2021
The recent sale of the Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog to Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $140 million prompted a lawsuit by former managers demanding a 16% commission from the sale.
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DJ Artem “Arty” Stoliarov sued DJ Marshmello over copyright infringement after Marshmello released “Happier,” which Arty said was a copy of their remix version of the song, “I Lived,” by One Republic.
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New South Wales, the Australian state, will soon be welcoming the Warner Bros, Mad Max spin-off Furiosa. To be considered the most significant film production in history for Australia.
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Lil Nas X’s collaboration with MSCHF over their limited edition tennis shoes made with Nike Air Max 97s, “Satan Shoes,” has garnered a trademark infringement lawsuit by Nike.
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The Golden Globes will not air in 2022, according to NBC, after years of controversy and a recent L.A. Times investigation into the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s membership and financial and ethical practices.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Writer and photographer Clayton Haugen sued Activision Blizzard over one of their character, Mara, in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare videogame. Clayton claims that Mara is too closely similar to his character “Cade Janus,” which he published before Mara’s release.
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The Premium VR exercise platform, Supernatural, is one example of how the music industry adapts to the burgeoning at-home fitness industry. VR fitness apps like Supernatural offer an immersive experience, allowing users to escape their living rooms during the quarantine virtually.
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Judge Judy and ViacomCBS face a $5 million lawsuit over the $95 million sales of her reality shows’ catalog by Rebel Entertainment Partners.
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NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Dre and Nicole Young are going through divorce proceedings. Nicole Young has claimed that she has a legal and financial right to her former husband’s stage name and classic album, The Chronic since Dre never trademarked his stage name until after the two married.
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Paramount Pictures has plans to produce a remake of the classic 1961 “Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” but attorney’s for Truman Capote, who wrote the novella that the film was based on, has been fighting it in federal court alleging breach of contract.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2021
A Utah theme park has sued Taylor Swift over who owns the trademark for “Evermore,” Taylor’s latest album.
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