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Van Morrison and Robin Swann’s Defamation Lawsuit Settled

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Van Morrison and Robin Swann’s Defamation Lawsuit Settled

Nearly three years ago, Northern Ireland's health minister Robin Swann filed a defamation lawsuit after Van Morrison accused him of mis-handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Swann is no longer the health minister, but the suit has finally been settled, just weeks before it was scheduled to go to trial.Swann's suit claimed that Morrison repeatedly referred to him as "dangerous" in public, as well as made similar comments to newspapers. At that time, the singer was often vocal about […]

todaySeptember 7, 2024 2

Guess Who Has Settled Bitter Legal Issues Over Band Name

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Guess Who Has Settled Bitter Legal Issues Over Band Name

It took more than a year – and one extraordinarily drastic legal measure – but the Guess Who has settled an argument over control of the band. Classic-era frontman Burton Cummings and co-founding guitarist Randy Bachman filed suit in 2023 against original members Jim Kale and Garry Peterson over false advertising claims. Kale and Peterson had continued to tour as the Guess Who even after Bachman and then Cummings departed […]

todaySeptember 4, 2024 6

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Lawsuit Over Kanye West’s King Crimson Sample Settled

A lawsuit from 2022 involving King Crimson and Kanye West has finally been settled.Two years ago, Declan Colgan Music Ltd (DCM) sued Universal Music Group (UMG) for underpaid streaming royalties from Kanye West's 2010 song, "Power," which samples King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man." (DCM owns the mechanical rights to Crimson's 1969 song.)Back in 2010, DCM alleged that West did not properly license "21st Century Schizoid Man" before uploading his own song to YouTube and […]

todayMay 15, 2024 2

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