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Musi sues Apple over its App Store banishment public
Musi • 3 min read

Musi sues Apple over its App Store banishment

Last month the free music streaming app Musi - which pulls its content from YouTube - disappeared from Apple’s App Store. The music industry welcomed that development, but Musi has now sued Apple over its decision, criticising both Apple and YouTube…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Garth Brooks responds to allegations of sexual assault public
Garth Brooks • 2 min read

Garth Brooks responds to allegations of sexual assault

A new lawsuit accuses Garth Brooks of sexual assault though he denies the allegations and claims a former employee is trying to extort money from him. His accuser sets out various incidents of alleged sexual harassment and assault and accuses Brooks of filing his own lawsuit in a bid to silence her…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
CAA accuses Range Media of stealing confidential information and masquerading as a management company to avoid talent agency regulations public
Range Media Partners • 2 min read

CAA accuses Range Media of stealing confidential information and masquerading as a management company to avoid talent agency regulations

In 2020, five former CAA agents set up Range Media Partners. CAA has now sued the company accusing its founders of stealing confidential information about the talent agency before launching Range. They also say Range is basically a talent agency, but pretends it isn’t to avoid regulation…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Mariah Carey says ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ song-theft case based on “an unprotectable jumble” of musical elements public
Mariah Carey • 2 min read

Mariah Carey says ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ song-theft case based on “an unprotectable jumble” of musical elements

Mariah Carey is trying to get a song-theft lawsuit filed against her over ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ dismissed. She argues that the only similarities between her hit and an earlier song of the same title are “commonplace words”, “Christmas tropes” and “unprotectable pitches and chords”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
HYBE label Ador reinstates Min Hee-jin as director but not CEO public
Ador • 4 min read

HYBE label Ador reinstates Min Hee-jin as director but not CEO

NewJeans recently demanded that their label, HYBE subsidiary Ador, reappoint Min Hee-jin as CEO by today. Min was pushed out of that role last month after months of feuding with HYBE. Ador says it will reppoint Min as a director but not CEO. That seems unlikely to placate NewJeans, who could now sue…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Quavo sued for song-theft over ‘Bubblegum’ public
Quavo • 2 min read

Quavo sued for song-theft over ‘Bubblegum’

The latest song-theft lawsuit filed with the US courts targets former Migos member Quavo. A rapper called L.Mont says that Quavo’s 2018 track ‘Bubblegum’ rips off a record of the same title that he released three years earlier. L.Mont gave Quavo a CD of his music in 2016…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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