Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have joined forces to sue Anthropic, home of Claude, over what the publishers call “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.” The complaint – obtained by MBW, and which you can read in full here – also names Anthropic Co-Founder and…
Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has allegedly issued a fresh warning to the National President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples United Associations (SOKAPU), Engr. Samuel Tabara Kato, amid the escalating controversy surrounding the death of 26-year-old Mary Habila and the N20 billion lawsuit filed against him. In a WhatsApp message seen by SaharaReporters, a…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mario Rodriguez is one of the men suing Tyler Perry, accusing the entertainment mogul of sexual assault. Perry is a complex, even polarizing figure — for the messaging in his shows and films, and for his personal life. Now, he alleges that Rodriguez’s legal team is attempting to blackmail him into…
A New York federal judge has denied Sony Music Entertainment‘s request to add 30,442 sound recordings to its copyright infringement lawsuit against AI music platform Udio. The ruling from Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, which you can read in full here, keeps the case at the 333 works that remain in the case. Sony filed the…
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has rejected Pandora‘s attempt to use a federal appeals court ruling on horse racing regulation to undermine the collective’s authority to sue the streaming service over mechanical royalties. In a filing on Wednesday (June 24) in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the MLC called the cited…
British energy giant BP is facing a lawsuit over allegations that improper toxic waste disposal in two remote villages in northeastern Kenya killed thousands of livestock and caused cancer among hundreds of locals. In a petition filed by hundreds of locals, BP is accused of dumping toxins that contaminated groundwater in Kargi and Kalacha villages…
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 exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music. This…
Lady who raised alarm over bread that stayed fresh for 2 months says she’s now facing ₦50m lawsuit despite not naming brand The lady who recently went viral for raising concerns about a loaf of bread that remained fresh after two months has shared a new development. In an update, she revealed that she has…
A US federal court has dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, ruling that Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us constitutes protected opinion rather than actionable defamation. Judge Jeannette Vargas of the Southern District of New York granted UMG’s motion to dismiss all claims on Thursday (October 9), finding that accusations made about Drake…
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has secured a crucial procedural ruling in its legal battle with Spotify over streaming royalty payments. On Thursday (September 25), the Federal District Court in New York issued an order granting The MLC’s request to file an amended complaint in the case. The original complaint, filed by the Mechanical Licensing Collective…
