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Songkick To Shutter In November

Ticketing company Songkick revealed that they plan to cease operations at the end of the month, according to a client letter from the company.

Bruce Houghton on 10/13/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Artist, Autonomous car, concert, lawsuit, music industry, San Francisco, Ticketmaster, Trade secret, Travis Kalanick, Uber (company)

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Hinder Sues Its Own Frontman

Members of the rock band Hinder have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against their former frontman over the use of the band's trademark.

Guest Post on 08/30/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abuja, Chamber of commerce, China, Donald Trump, Intellectual property, lawsuit, Theft, Trademark infringement, United States, United States district court

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Battling Ticketmaster Lawsuit, Songkick Struggles With Skeleton Staff

Things are looking grim for Songkick. The ticketing company was forced to drop the majority of its staff, and has its fingers crossed to win a fast-approaching lawsuit against Ticketmaster. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/30/2017 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bill Nye, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Business Insider, Disney–ABC Domestic Television, lawsuit, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Superior Court, The Walt Disney Company, TMZ, Warner Music Group

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Kesha’s “Rainbow” Is Shining Bright On Pandora

Last Friday, August 11th, Kesha released "Rainbow," her first album since 2012. Earlier last month, she debuted its first single “Praying” and if Pandora listener engagement with the track, which. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/15/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ariana Grande, Associated Press, Billboard Women in Music, Blow (Kesha song), Dr. Luke, Kesha, Lady Gaga, lawsuit, Rainbow (rock band), Sexual abuse

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Does Sensenbrenner Bill Mean It’s Time For A Grand Jury? [David Lowery]

In what could be bad news for songwriters, digital music services are seeking to make it much hard for music creators to sue broadcaster and digital music services, requiring them. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/08/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: " copyright infringement, App Store (iOS), Associated Press, Bestseller, Beyonce, BitTorrent tracker, Class Action, Intellectual property, lawsuit, music, musicians, YouTube

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$100 Million Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Fyre Festival: “Closer To Hunger Games Than Coachella”

A major lawsuit was filed against the aborted Fyre Festival Sunday in U.S. District Court by attorney Mark Geragos, The suit, filed on behalf of plaintiff and concert goer Daniel. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/01/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, A. Wallace Tashima, Breach of contract, California, Canada, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, lawsuit, music festival, Negligence, Pacific Time Zone, Rihanna, Toronto, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States district court, United States District Court for the Central District of California

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Hypercreators Own The Music Industry & You Need To Become One

Here Ryan Kairalla explores the idea of hypercreation, and why musicians should now work to make as much quality music as often as they can in order to achieve success. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/22/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 311, Agora Theatre and Ballroom, Airbnb, Airway Heights, Albert Einstein, Anaheim, Art director, California, House Of Blues, lawsuit, music, New York City, Washington

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Leon Hendrix’s Attorney Responds To Experience Hendrix Lawsuit

Following our coverage of the estates of Jimi and Al Hendrix filing a lawsuit against Andrew Pitsicalis, Leon Hendrix and other associated companies alleging copyright and trademark infringement, Thomas Osinski,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/20/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: AP Images, California, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, copyright, Free People, lawsuit, trademark, Trademark infringement, United States district court, Urban Outfitters

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THU. BRIEF: Airbnb Gets Into Music • Anchor FM Raises $2.8M • Royalty Rates Reviewed • More

Thursday 3.9.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Music + Airbnb: Music continues to be the great connector, but the only way left to monetize seems to be live. . Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/09/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Airbnb, Anaheim, Brian Chesky, California, Hotel, lawsuit, Lease, New York City, San Francisco, Terry Considine

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Songkick Alleges Former Exec Shared Trade Secrets With Live Nation’s Ticketmaster

A major new chapter in the ongoing battle between Songkick and Ticketmaster unfolded this week as Songkick amended its 2015 antitrust suit lawsuit to include information and accusations that it. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/17/2017 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Class Action, Donald Trump, European Union, Facebook, lawsuit, The Wall Street Journal, Trade secret, United States, Vladimir Putin, Web search engine

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