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# The Week In Music Publishing 5.18.12
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-week-in-music-publishing-51812/
- Published: 2012-05-18T12:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-05-18T12:16:00.000Z
- Description: Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment – home to Lil Wayne – has settled out-of-court with producer David Kirkwood for an undisclosed amount following a suit relating to royalties. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/05/the-week-in-music-publishing-51812.html]
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- Tags: Songwriting & Music Publishing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

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Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment – home to Lil Wayne – has **[settled out-of-court](http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/lil-wayne-settles-1-5-million-lawsuit-1007051552.story?ref=hypebot.com#/column/the-juice/lil-wayne-settles-1-5-million-lawsuit-1007051552.story)** with producer David Kirkwood for an undisclosed amount following a suit relating to royalties from Wayne's 2008 track *Love Me or Hate Me*.

**MORE:**

- Allan Caswell, an Australian singer-songwriter, is [suing his own music publisher](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sony-sued-alabama-royalties-323930?ref=hypebot.com) for failing to collect royalties from a song he believes to be in copyright violation. Caswell alleges country band Alabama lifted his original composition for TV show *Prisoner* with their 1982 hit *Christmas In Dixie*.
- Convicted sex offender Gary Glitter is set for a [royalty windfall](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9264346/Gary-Glitter-to-be-paid-thousands-in-royalties-after-BBC-airs-Top-of-the-Pops-repeat.html?ref=hypebot.com) after the BBC aired archival footage of the '70s pop star. The footage from a performance on *Top Of The Pops*, featured Glitter singing *It Takes All Night* \- along with that song's unfortunate opening lyric: 'cuddle me close, hold me tight'.
- BMI honored legendary singer/songwriter Carole King with the [BMI Icon Award](http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054121?refCatId=16&ref=hypebot.com), while Ester Dean, Benny Blanco and Pitbull shared the BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year award. At the [SESAC Pop Awards](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/publishing/photos-usher-honors-rico-love-melanie-fiona-1007039152.story?ref=hypebot.com), winners included Rico Love (Songwriter of the Year), Jacob Luttrell (Song of the Year), and EMI Foray Music (Publisher of the Year). 
- New York based brother-sister duo Wild Belle has signed a [global songwriting deal](http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/emi-publishing-signs-wild-belle/?ref=hypebot.com) with EMI Music Publishing.
- Multi-year litigation between Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) is coming to a head with an [agreement in principle](http://rbr.com/radiobmi-deal-under-judicial-review/?ref=hypebot.com) for a new industry-wide license.

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