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NMPA sues Roblox for exploiting music without licenses

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Gaming platforms have become the latest targets of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA).

During the organisation's virtual 2021 Annual Meeting, NMPA President & CEO David Israelite (pictured, below) used his traditional State of the Industry speech to announce that the NMPA, alongside a significant number of music publishers, have sued gaming platform Roblox, asking for $200 million in damages for letting unlicensed music flow on the service. 

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Texas court dismisses Kirk Johnson’s lawsuit against Nickelback

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March 20, 2023

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A US District Court dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Nickelback and music publisher Warner Chappell Music by singer and songwriter Kirk Johnston, from the band Snowblind Revival, who claimed that the Canadian rock band ​copied his 2001 song 'Rock Star' in their namesake song, released on Nickelback’s 2005 album 'All the Right Reasons'. 

Johnston argued in the May 2020 lawsuit that the lyrics of the songs had similarities in the description of rock star's lives. In add...

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Jagger/Richards sued for copyright infringement for ‘Living In A Ghost Town’

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March 15, 2023

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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been sued in New Orleans federal court by songwriter Sergio Garcia Fernandez (a.k.a. Angelslang) who accuses the Rolling Stones' songwriting duo of using portions of two of his songs in 'Living in a Ghost Town', their single released in 2020 during the Covid pandemic.

In a lawsuit, Fernandez claims that Jagger and Richards “misappropriated many of the recognisable and key protected elements” from his 2006 song 'So Sorry' and his 2007 composition 'Seed of G...

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Konstantine Lois and Shane Williams drop infringement lawsuit against Benny Blanco

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March 10, 2023

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Konstantine Lois and Shane Williams, two songwriters and artists who perform under the name American XO, have dropped a copyright infringement lawsuit they had initiated against Benny Blanco, Halsey, Khalid and Ed Sheeran.

Lois and Williams claimed that Blanco's song 'Eastside' was copied from XO's 2015 song 'Loveless'. “Both the Loveless riff and the Eastside riff comprise of identical two note dyads of identical note intervals played over identical beats,” read the lawsuit.

However, in ...

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