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# The Week In Music Publishing 3.2.12
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-week-in-music-publishing-3212/
- Published: 2012-03-02T12:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-03-02T12:24:00.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) '80s band Toto has filed a suit in U.S. District Court against Sony Music for failing to pay the entitled 50% of net receipts from licensing the band's music to third. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/the-week-in-music-publishing-3212.html]
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(UPDATED) '80s band **Toto has filed a suit in U.S. District Court against Sony Music** for [failing to pay the entitled 50% of net receipts](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/toto-sues-sony-over-unpaid-royalties-20120228?ref=hypebot.com) from licensing the band's music to third parties selling downloads of the band's music.

**MORE:**

- **[Adam Lambert's legal issues](http://www.contactmusic.com/news/adam-lambert-album-lawsuit-resolved%5F1298209?ref=hypebot.com)** surrounding the music publishing company **Colwel Platinum Entertainment**, which claimed he signed into a publishing deal with them before finding success on **American Idol,** have been resolved after the publishing company dropped the suit.
- Popular Latina music star **Graciela Beltran has [filed a lawsuit against EMI Music, Inc.](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/02/29/prweb9237544.DTL&ref=hypebot.com)** over royalty payouts and is hoping to bring a class action suit – though that is still in the works.
- Reports suggest that **Whitney Houston amassed such massive debt** that in order for her estate to move out of the red, the late singer's albums would need to sell another [5 million units](http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/whitney-houston-estate-yield-heirs-money-a-long-time-huge-debt-article-1.1030954?localLinksEnabled=false&ref=hypebot.com).
- **Universal Music Publishing** has signed a [worldwide publishing deal](http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1048635&c=1&ref=hypebot.com) with **Emile Haynie** – collaborator and songwriter for Eminem, Kanye West and Lana Dey Rey.
- British punk pioneers **The Sex Pistols have [announced a deal with Universal Music Catalog UK](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/sex-pistols-sign-catalog-deal-with-universal-1006291152.story?ref=hypebot.com)**, which includes the re-release of their quintessential record *Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols*.
- Canadian-based music publishing company Ole has announced a worldwide publishing deal with ***American Idol* (US) finalist [Haley Reinhart](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/american-idol-finalist-haley-reinhart-signs-worldwide-publishing-deal-with-ole-2012-02-23?ref=hypebot.com).**
- **Edgar Berger,** the international head of **Sony Music**, surprisingly stated in an interview for German newspaper *Die Welt* that he believes **the internet has been a boon for the music industry.** He was not as kind towards German performance rights organization GEMA for being [too restrictive with licensing](http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/25/2823087/sony-music-ceo-edgar-berger-internet?ref=hypebot.com) and asking for an unreasonable YouTube royalty rates.
- The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance has brought an **[anti-trust lawsuit against TV broadcasters](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-29/bskyb-rtl-sat-1-face-eu-antitrust-complaint-on-tv-music-rights.html?ref=hypebot.com)** for persuading composers to cede publishing rights as a precondition for contracts to write music for television.
- The **[Music Copyright Society Of Kenya](http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Music+society+in+wrangles+with+watchdog+over+royalty+payments+/-/539550/1355000/-/yrl85az/-/?ref=hypebot.com)** is once again under fire after they continue to pay out royalties based on rates that are below the legal threshold.
- Rumors abound that streaming music service **MOG [may be up for sale](https://www.hypebot.com/mog-is-kind-of-for-sale-as-subscription-music-consolidation-looms/)** after recent word of financial troubles.
- Miami-based **streaming music service Senzari has [just launched internationally](http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/29/pandora-competitor-senzari-arrives-in-spain-with-new-look-facebook-based-recommendations/?ref=hypebot.com)** rolling out into Spain with MTV Spain strategic partnership in tow.
- **ROTANA Records**, the recording branch of ROTANA, the largest entertainment company in the pan-arabic world has signed a **[publishing deal with ROBA](http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press%5Fnb=151538&ref=hypebot.com).**
- London-based exec **[Kim Frankiewicz has left Universal Music Publishing](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/kim-frankiewicz-leaves-universal-pub-after-1006289752.story?ref=hypebot.com)** after 15 years to join Imagem Music, the pop music publishing arm of Imagem.

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