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Eminem’s Publisher Loses M Battle With Spotify Over Royalties

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Eminem’s Publisher Loses $40M Battle With Spotify Over Royalties

Eminem‘s publishing company has finally ended their five-year-long battle with Spotify over streaming royalties – and it did not go in their favor.Eight Mile Style filed suit against the streaming giant in 2019 for around $40 million, accusing them of owing money for billions of streams and saying that Spotify “deceptively” claimed to have the proper licenses to some of Em’s songs when they didn’t.Unfortunately, Music Business Worldwide reports that […]

todaySeptember 7, 2024 2

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Cher Wins Lawsuit Against Sonny Bono’s Widow Over Song Royalties

Cher has won a lawsuit against Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, stemming from a dispute over Sonny & Cher royalties.Sonny & Cher were one of the most popular duos in America during the ‘60s and ‘70s, scoring famous hits like “Baby Don’t Go,” “The Beat Goes On” and “I Got You Babe,” while also becoming television stars. The musicians were married from 1964 to 1975, but their career […]

todayMay 29, 2024 1

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Linkin Park Seeking Dismissal of Ex-Bassist’s Royalties Suit

Linkin Park are seeking to have a lawsuit filed former bassist Kyle Christner seeking royalties dismissed.Per Billboard, attorneys for the band say that such claims by Christner seeking royalties have been repudiated for "over two decades."The band's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the case on Tuesday (March 5), claiming that Christner's lawsuit is "rife with defects." One of the key elements to their motion is that the statute of […]

todayMarch 6, 2024 3

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ASCAP Reports Record Collections, Distribution in Songwriter Royalties

ASCAP collections grew 14.1% to $1.737 billion in 2023 and payouts to songwriters and publishers increased 14.7% to $1.592 billion, the performance rights organization reported Wednesday (Feb. 28). Those figures represent a record year for ASCAP in both revenue buckets, as well as all-time highs for any U.S. performance rights organization ever, ASCAP claimed. The last time BMI revealed its annual financials — for the year ended June 30, 2022 […]

todayFebruary 28, 2024 2

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$700k in R. Kelly’s music royalties to be given to sex abuse victims, Entertainment News

More than half a million of R. Kelly's music royalties held by the Universal Music Group will be given to his sex abuse victims, a New York judge has ordered. On Wednesday (Aug 23), US District Judge Ann Donnelly ruled that the disgraced R'n'B star will have to give up US$520,549 (S$700,000) from his music publisher to cover the cost of unpaid restitution and fines. UMG has 10 days to hand […]

todayAugust 25, 2023 6

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