Tag: rights

The majors and BMG asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that lets songwriters reclaim copyrights worldwide. Five things to know about Vetter v. Resnik
For about 50 years, the industry believed termination only affected US rights. This ruling would make those rights worldwide for the first time. Source...

Ex-Blackstone exec Vlado Spasov launches $1.5B alternative asset manager Trimontium – music rights among target assets
Trimontium says its target areas also include "uncorrelated" asset classes such as IP rights and royalties. Source...

Spotify wins dismissal of lawsuit claiming it allowed ‘billions’ of fraudulent Drake streams
In November 2025, rapper RBX claimed Spotify failed to curb "mass-scale fraudulent streaming," stripping royalties from other rights holders. Source...

MF Doom estate and Temu reach settlement in lawsuit over alleged knock-off merch
The plaintiff, Gas Drawls, LLC, owns the rights to MF Doom's music and intellectual property Source...

Irving Azoff’s Music Artists Coalition among 31 groups warning against ‘misuse’ of artist and songwriter rights in AI deals
Orgs representing artists, songwriters and music managers issue open letter over AI deals Source...

Donna Summer estate strikes deal with Primary Wave covering catalog and name, image & likeness rights
Summer sold more than 100 million albums worldwide Source...

Global Music Rights sues Music Choice, alleging ‘willful’ copyright infringement of 95 songs after its license expired
Founded in 2013 by Irving Azoff, GMR represents just over 175 songwriters and their publishers Source...

220+ rights orgs worldwide urge France’s National Assembly to adopt bill that would force AI firms to prove copyrighted content wasn’t used to train their tech
The Darcos bill would reverse the burden of proof in AI copyright disputes in France Source...

Spotify seeking rights to show live video of music festivals (report)
Spotify has already begun adding footage from live events, including a Dua Lipa show in Mexico City, Bloomberg reported. Source...

Grammy-winner Youssou N’Dour named Vice President of CISAC as global rights org marks 100 years
N'Dour succeeds outgoing Vice Presidents Yvonne Chaka Chaka, a South African singer and songwriter, and Arturo Márquez, a Mexican composer. Source...

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