In this week's Legal Beat, the Drake-Kendrick beef escalates into litigation, Miley rips a copyright case over "Flowers," UMG calls Fred Durst's lawsuit "fiction," and much more.
Over the last two days, Drake has alleged that UMG artificially inflated the streams of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." Here, Billboard analyzes his claims.
The new filing, which claims UMG “funneled payments” to iHeartRadio as part of a “pay-to-play scheme," sheds new light on the blockbuster dispute.
Gibson accuses the company of infringing its trademark for the "iconic Les Paul body shape."
“The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue," said the company in a statement.
In a legal petition, the star's company accuses UMG of serious wrongdoing -- a stunning twist months after his high-profile feud with Kendrick.
The justices want to know if they should tackle a copyright case that Cox has warned could cause "confusion, disruption, and chaos on the internet."
Responding to the band's bombshell lawsuit for the first time, UMG says it didn't hide anything and that Durst's case is "based on a fallacy."
Three of the four members who filed the case against the rapper are now no longer involved, months after their attorney said it was filed without their consent.
Though he rejected claims of fraud and deception, the judge says that the company needs to make it simpler for subscribers to quit the service.
