Music Law

A must read article for all serious music industry professionals. “For the last decade, the movie and music industries have engaged in a relentless struggle against Internet file sharing. One prominent theater of this global conflict has been the UK, [...]

“David Bowie‘s Toy, an album that was originally intended to be released in 2001, has leaked online. A high-quality rip of the full 14-track record surfaced on bit torrent sites on Sunday, much to the delight of Bowie completists around [...]

Lady Gaga, it appears, is one of the most liberal “live and let’s live” artist on today’s music scene. But, don’t be fooled. When it comes to enforcing her legal rights and using all remedies available to her under the [...]

“Charlie Sheen will make $7 million dollars on his “Charlie Sheen LIVE: My Violent Torpedo of Truth” tour … TMZ has learned. Sources connected with the concert tour tell us … the deal is for Charlie to perform on 21 [...]

TMZ reports: “A woman claims she was held against her will and sexually assaulted during a recording session for Lil Wayne back in January — but according to law enforcement sources, Weezy wasn’t responsible. We’re told the man targeted in [...]

“Rapper Crown J sat down for an interview with TV Report and denied all claims made by his former manager in the assault case (against him). . . In fact, Crown J has emphasized that he himself was the victim [...]

I have been authoring a column for a while now on basic business and music law concepts on a music site (notjustok.com) focused on Nigerian musicians and its music industry. Going forward, I will republish some of those articles here [...]

Allkpop.com continues to follow up with the KARA litigation I announced to you all just a little while ago. In pertinent part: “KARA’s legal dispute with DSP Media has now developed into a battle between professional law firms. DSP Media [...]

I don’t like reading about situations like this that are easily avoidable. At this stage, in the Nigerian/African music space, this is not something I expect  lawyers to be involved with, although it depends on the facts. But, sheesh?! Here [...]

“Oh na, na what’s [h]er name?” Whatever it is, famous fashion photographer David LaChapelle is not pleased with Rihanna. Rihanna just got slapped with a suit for allegedly using his photos for her music video “S&M” which is already quite [...]