Temu is facing another lawsuit from a musical act alleging the online store is selling knock-offs of trademarked merchandise. This time, the act doing the suing is Twenty One Pilots, the Grammy-winning pop duo known for hits like Stressed Out and Heathens. In a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Northern District…
In a significant move that underscores Nigeria’s intensified war against digital piracy, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has announced the suspension of MovieBox.ng, a notorious online platform implicated in the illegal streaming of films, music, and live sports. EXPLORE THIS: Why do so many veteran Nollywood actors fall ill and struggle financially? According to a…
Major record companies have filed a rebuttal to the US government’s support for Cox Communications in a copyright dispute that has been elevated to the Supreme Court. Cox Communications, one of the US’s largest internet service providers, was sued by record labels including Sony Music Entertainment (the lead plaintiff), Universal Music Group and Warner Music…
Warner Music Group has sued US cookie chain Crumbl, alleging that it built its business through “blatant, willful, and repeated copyright infringement.” The complaint was lodged in a US District Court in Utah on Tuesday (April 22), claiming Crumbl used at least 159 of WMG’s recordings and compositions in promotional videos posted to TikTok and Instagram,…
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs. The catastrophic wildfires still unfolding in Los Angeles County…
In the latest in a growing number of lawsuits over unauthorized use of music in social marketing, Universal Music Group (UMG) has sued the owner of US Tex-Mex restaurant chain Chili’s for allegedly infringing its copyrights in numerous social media posts. In a complaint filed in a federal court in Dallas on Tuesday (October 8),…
Biggie has punished all housemates in the season 9 edition for microphone infringement. He asked them to pick one out of three listed punishments below. Count Your Beans Write Your Wrongs Animal You Are Count Your Beans – Housemates will be given a bowl filled with beans to count. Animal…
LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) – Warner Music Group (WMG) is in the hot seat following a lawsuit from filmmaker and artist Martyn Atkins. Atkins alleges that nearly half of the footage in the 2021 documentary Somewhere You Feel Free, which chronicles the creation of Tom Petty’s iconic album Wildflowers, was…
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs. This week brought two big stories involving Universal Music…
William_Potter Faraday Future Intelligent Electric (NASDAQ:FFIE) announced on Tuesday that the company filed a lawsuit against former top executive Ding Lei for infringement of trade secrets and unfair competition. In the lawsuit, the company requests monetary damages and further requests that the court order Lei’s firm Human Horizons to immediately cease infringing on the Company’s…
