Members of his St. Lunatics crew - childhood friends from St. Louis - now say he “manipulated” them into thinking they’d be paid for their alleged work on the album.
The case was one of many, many sampling lawsuits the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has faced over the course of his prolific career.
Potentially seeking billions in damages, the music companies say Verizon refused to crack down on "blatant" piracy by its users.
The new rule clears up uncertainty about who gets paid streaming royalties when songwriters take back their music rights – a trickier question than it sounds.
A producer claimed he had “no doubt” that Megan's smash hit infringed his song, but a federal judge now says she has plenty of doubts.
A little-known New Orleans group claims one of the track's high-profile samples featured infringing lyrics. But a case over a three-word phrase could face long odds in court.
The NMPA's letter arrives just a week after The MLC filed a lawsuit against Spotify for "improperly" cutting royalties for songwriters and publishers.
In this week's Legal Beat, a decades-old Mary J. Blige song draws a lawsuit, Madonna responds to concert claims, Morgan Wallen charged with felonies, and much more.
The stars argued they should be reimbursed after defeating a "frivolous" song-theft lawsuit, but a federal judge ruled the duo must pay their own lawyers.
A federal judge weighs in for the first time on a sweeping copyright lawsuit filed against Twitter/X by music publishers.
