SoundExchange’s lawsuit against Slacker has secured $9.7M back in unpaid royalties. In breach of contract, the digital media company, Slacker claims SoundExchange after it stopped paying statutory royalties to creators whose recordings were used in 2017. In addition, the court permanently barred Slacker and LiveOne from using the statutory license. The lawsuit was filed in...Read More
Walt Disney Co. faces a federal lawsuit over the “Muppet Babies” by the original scriptwriter “who claims the company misused his work for a 2018 reboot of the show” and failed to pay him. A judge agreed that the writer “plausibly argued that Disney had copied at least some protectable elements” of his work, including...Read More
Ed Sheeran is heading to trial over his “Thinking Out Loud” song that is accused of copyright infringement by Marvin Gaye’s co-writer on “Let’s Get It On.” “The Defendants copied the ‘heart’ of ‘Let’s’ and repeated it continuously throughout ‘Thinking,’” the 2016 lawsuit claimed. “The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of ‘Thinking’ are substantially and/or...Read More
Scott Rudin has settled a 2020 lawsuit for $6.3M between him and the ad agency SpotCo. According to the lawsuit, the ad agency claimed Rudin had failed to pay back up to $6.3 million in advertisement work. SpotCo claimed they did work for Rudin’s Broadway shows, including “The Waverly Gallery,” “To Kill A Mockingbird,” “King...Read More
The Black Crowes are in settlement talks with the original member Steve Gorman after a long case over royalty payments. Now, there suggests an agreement on the table. Gorman sued to confirm the accuracy of his royalty payments and audit the partnership’s records; he also sued for breach of contract, among other complaints. Gorman told Rolling Stone, “We...Read More
