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Newsletter for Legal created at June 10, 2026 00:19

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Legal Music Industry Updates: Spotify, Copyright Lawsuits, and Industry Advocacy

This newsletter is about legal issues in the music industry, including Spotify being sued for its play counting system, the European Writers' Council advocating for voluntary licensing, anti-ticket touting campaigns in the US, ASCAP filing copyright infringement lawsuits against radio groups, Nelly winning attorney fees in a copyright lawsuit, Youssou N’Dour becoming Vice-President of CISAC, Richard Busch joining Adams & Reese in Nashville, Victory Boyd dismissing her copyright infringement lawsuit against Travis Scott, SZA, and Future, 2 Live Crew losing their copyright battle in a federal appeals court, and Taylor Swift contributing an original song to the Toy Story 5 soundtrack.

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Spotify’s rule changes and thresholds are “unfair and deceptive practices”, says new lawsuit 0.95 Complete Music Update (CMU) 0 0
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"Authors' coalition scorns EU rules that tore up AI protections five years ago today" 0.95 Urheber.info 0 0
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Independent venues urge US attorneys general to crack down on fake artist websites run by ticket touts 0.95 Complete Music Update (CMU) 0 0
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ASCAP sues four radio groups for ‘prolonged unauthorized use of its members’ music - Music Business Worldwide 0.95 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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Nelly awarded over $67K to be paid by lawyer who filed ex-bandmate’s Country Grammar copyright suit - Music Business Worldwide 0.95 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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Grammy-winner Youssou N’Dour named Vice President of CISAC as global rights org marks 100 years - Music Business Worldwide 0.95 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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‘Blurred Lines’ copyright lawyer Richard Busch joins law firm Adams & Reese as Special Counsel - Music Business Worldwide 0.9 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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Copyright lawsuit against Travis Scott, SZA, and Future over ‘Telekinesis’ dropped - Music Business Worldwide 0.9 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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2 Live Crew can’t take back their recorded music copyrights after all, appeals court rules - Music Business Worldwide 0.9 Music Business Worldwide 0 0
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Taylor Swift Pens Original Song for ‘Toy Story 5’ Soundtrack: ‘I’ve Always Dreamed of Getting to Write for These Characters’ 0.9 Billboard 0 0
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