A judge sided with the singer after she argued that producer Chris Nelson was only suing her to silence allegations of abuse.
The latest lawsuit claims Ye tried and failed to clear a sample from iconic Boogie Down Productions – and then released the song anyway.
Also this week: Record labels win a $46 million piracy verdict, the Copyright Office sides with songwriters, Kesha and Dr. Luke get a trial date, and more.
The publisher's lawyers are particularly mad about Drake's Instagram post thanking Vogue editor Anna Wintour for the phony cover story.
After nearly nine years of bitter litigation between the producer and the pop star, a judge punted a jury trial six more months down the road.
Where do things stand? What comes next? And how will it all end? Billboard asked the country's top legal experts for answers.
The case against Grande Communications is one of several filed by labels aimed at forcing internet providers to take stronger action against subscribers who pirate music.
Regulators want to clear up uncertainty about who gets paid streaming royalties when songwriters take back their music rights – a trickier question than it sounds.
Warner Music Group is the only major label that appears to have complied with the law as of yet.
Vince Vance asked a judge to dismiss his case, which claimed Carey ripped off his earlier track of the same name for her perennial holiday hit.
