Warner Music Group is seeking damages in a current lawsuit against Bang Energy, the third-best-selling energy drink in the U.S., and its CEO Jack Owoc. Bang’s success, according to the case, is due to unlawfully using licensed music owned by Warner Music Group without permission on TikTok and Instagram videos. Over 187 songs from the...Read More
Surviving members and relatives of the famed Black Spartans sent a letter to the creators of the film “Black Spartans,” including director-writer Ben Cory Jones, producer James Velissaris and his various aliases, as well as actors J. Alphonse Nicholson, Neal McDonough, Jones, Jimmy V (Velissaris) McDonough, Casey Cott, David Brown, Rochelle Claerbaut, Ruve McDonough, Justin...Read More
Sam Smith and Normani continue to tackle an ongoing lawsuit against them. Plaintiffs allege the duo stole from a 2015 song for their 2019 hit song “Dancing With a Stranger.” The attorney for the plaintiffs, Songwriters Jordan Vincent, Christopher Miranda, and Rosco Banlaoi, filed an appeal, and attorneys for Smith and Normani are working to...Read More
Mark Vanden Berge is suing Paul Schrader over breach of confidence and breach of an implied contract. As a student pitching his screenplay to Schrader, Berge claims that Schrader stole his for his film “The Card Counter” from his project “Blown Odds.” Both movies are about a gambler’s search for redemption. Mark can not claim...Read More
Dua Lipa and their legal team requested a U.S. District Judge dismiss a pending copyright infringement lawsuit against the artist. Songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer are behind the suit; they claim that their song “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” and “Don Diablo” are victims of Dua Lipa’s team copying their songs for her...Read More
