Marc Almond continues to rake in royalties for ‘Tainted Love’. Synthpop duo Soft Cell – which sees singer Marc joined by instrumentalist David Ball – released their version of the timeless classic in 1981, and […]
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) had accumulated at least $561 million in unmatched royalties as of 2021’s end, according to tax document shared with Digital Music News. The music industry can count The MLC as […]
The family of Gap Band members Robert and Ronnie Wilson have filed a lawsuit against BMG for unpaid royalties on the Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson 2014 song “Uptown Funk.” Rolling Stone reports that BMG […]
The Gap Band heirs are officially suing BMG for allegedly failing to pay owed royalties stemming from the incorporation of 1979’s “Oops Upside Your Head” in Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” (2014). The […]
Universal Music Group (UMG) is officially facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly “depriving artists of the royalties they are contractually owed” – to the tune of a staggering $750 million in “unlawfully retained” payments from […]
Black Sheep has waged a legal war against Universal Music Group. The 1990s hip-hop duo, composed of Andres “Dres” Vargas Titus and William “Mista Lawnge” McLean, is spearheading a hefty class action lawsuit over unpaid royalties. According […]
SongVest is the world’s first music marketplace where fans become investors by purchasing fractional shares of music royalties. Here’s how the revolutionary service works for everyone involved. The following was created in collaboration with SongVest, […]
Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. After increasing webcasting royalty rates for the 2021-2025 period, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has officially announced a cost-of-living adjustment for 2023 – […]
Photo Credit: Vandeerlind / CC by 4.0 3LAU faces an $11 million lawsuit from a former collaborator over NFT royalties. A lawsuit has surfaced this week against DJ and producer 3LAU, whose real name is […]
Photo Credit: Filip The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) formed after the Music Modernization Act, has distributed nearly $700 million in blanket royalties to its members. The MLC held its second annual membership meeting last week, […]
Mr. Probz. Photo Credit: Daan Grasveld Dutch producer and artist Mr. Probz (full name Dennis Princewell Stehr) is officially suing Sony Music Entertainment (SME) for $10 million over allegedly withheld royalties. 38-year-old Mr. Probz unveiled […]
Whigfield loves her famous song ‘Saturday Night’ because it still makes her money. The singer – real name Sannie Charlotte Carlson – soared to No1 in the UK charts with the 1993 track, which also […]
Parlux takes another defeat in its legal battle with Jay-Z after the brand is now ordered to pay him nearly $7M in Back Royalties. Source: Ezra Shaw / Getty Jay-Z kicked off 2022 with a […]
Jay-Z has scored another win in his lawsuit with Parlux Fragrances, which partnered with the rapper in 2013 to launch its “Gold Jay-Z” cologne. The New York Post reports Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Andrew Borrok on Thursday ordered […]
Photo Credit: Rachit Tank AdRev reportedly ousts co-founder/president Noah Becker following $23 million YouTube royalties scam. Noah Becker, co-founder and president of rights management company AdRev, has stepped down from the company following perhaps the […]
Photo Credit: Bruno Emmanuelle Last month, stand-up star Lewis Black became the latest comedian to sue SiriusXM’s Pandora amid a broader royalties dispute. Now, evidence suggests that SiriusXM is attempting to compel different comedy professionals […]
Photo credit: Sara Kurfeß People have been debating whether streaming platforms should change their method for paying streaming royalties to artists. This is driven by the desire to see fairer streaming payouts for indie artists, […]
SoundExchange is officially suing LiveOne and Slacker for allegedly failing to pay owed royalties for streams from the last five-plus years. SoundExchange, which collects digital performance royalties for recordings used on non-interactive music platforms (i.e. […]
A seat on the Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment, and it also seems to open up a lot of doors into the publishing industry. Many justices have a good sideline writing books of various […]
Four Tet has come out on the winning end of a legal battle against his label after around a year of litigation. The tenured electronic music producer brought a legal claim against his record label, Domino, […]