Aug 24, 2020 • 1 min read

Setlist: Fortnite goes to battle with Apple

This week's Setlist podcast discusses Epic Games' escalating legal battle with Apple over App Store rules, and two copyright cases involving 50 Cent and Genius.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the escalation of 'Fortnite' video game maker Epic Games' legal battle against Apple over its App Store rules, plus two copyright cases that weren't copyright cases which failed because they were copyright cases.



SECTION TIMES
01: Epic v Apple (00:04:18)
02: 50 Cent v Rick Ross and Genius v Google (00:17:46)

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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Fortnite maker ramps up anti-Apple rhetoric in new legal filing
• 50 Cent can’t sue over uncleared sample on publicity right grounds

ALSO MENTIONED
• Beats 1 rebrands as Apple Music 1
• Setlist: Genius accuses Google of stealing lyrics from its website (June 2019)

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