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Join the Club: EMI Sues Grooveshark, Again

in News on January 5 at 1:28 pm PT

EMI Music, which had sued music streaming service Grooveshark in 2009, then ended up cutting a deal with the company, is now suing Grooveshark again. EMI’s publishing unit claims that Grooveshark has yet to pay a royalty on its deal. As the New York Times notes, the suit means that Grooveshark is now in legal fights with all four major music labels.

Project Playlist Picks Up Total Music Leftovers From Universal, but Hasn’t Settled Lawsuit

in Media on May 19, 2009 at 1:47 pm PT

The music industry’s online forays have always inspired head-scratching, but this one is odd even by those standards: Project Playlist, the online music service currently being sued by Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group, is bolstering its tech staff by buying the assets of… a music service owned by Universal Music Group. But the lawsuits have yet to be resolved. Confusing? Of course.