Pink Floyd sue EMI
Pink Floyd are reportedly suing EMI over royalty payments, claiming the major has miscalculated what it owes them from back catalogue sales.…
Music industry legal news coverage
Our round up of legal battles, courtroom drama, copyright disputes and everything else.
7661 posts
Bay supporters take to the Swedish streets
Supporters of The Pirate Bay demonstrated in Sweden after three founders and a funder were sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay £2.4 million in damages.…
Henley sues over political spoofs of Eagles songs
Eagles man Don Henley is suing Republican Charles DeVore over reworked versions of Eagles songs used in political spoofs, which DeVore says are protected free speech.…
Process server serves Ghalib with civil suit
Process server Ram Moskowitz has sued photographer Adnan Ghalib, alleging Ghalib struck him with his car while he was serving a restraining order.…
Guilty: Pirate Bay trial update
The four men behind The Pirate Bay have been jailed for a year and ordered to pay £2.4 million in damages after being found guilty in Sweden.…
UK Music and IPO critical of "UK copyright worst by far" report
UK Music and the Intellectual Property Office have criticised a report calling UK copyright the worst by far, arguing its comparison with countries such as China and India is unfounded.…
German composer sues YouTube
German composer Frank Peterson is taking legal action against YouTube over unlicensed use of his music in user-generated videos, separate from the GEMA dispute.…
Take Down boss jailed for life
Take Down Records boss Alton 'Ace Capone' Coles has been jailed for life for running a $25 million cross-state drugs ring, with prosecutors using the label's DVD as evidence.…
Tenenbaum case won't be webcast
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has blocked a webcast of the Sony v Tenenbaum hearing, overturning the judge's earlier ruling after an RIAA appeal.…
Woman arrested for Britney peeking
A 26-year-old woman was arrested after security guards allegedly caught her peering into Britney Spears' home in Calabasas, California.…
Chef who damaged Jay Kay's car is jailed
A chef who caused £9,434 of damage to Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay's Ferrari has been jailed for twenty weeks, with his lawyer citing mockery over his stutter.…
Another James Brown estate dispute
A former publicist has filed a lawsuit in Chicago seeking control of a charitable trust set up by James Brown, which Brown's children are reportedly disputing.…