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Billion-Dollar Music Verdict, Adidas Versus Kanye, Steven Tyler Abuse Case & More Legal News
A $1 billion music verdict is tossed out, Kanye claims Adidas is "suing" him and more legal news, including Steven Tyler, Sean "Diddy" Combs and more.
This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between. This week: A federal appeals court overturns a $1 billion verdict won by the major labels over internet piracy; Kanye West blasts Adidas for selling “fake Yeezys” while also “suing” him; Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler wins the dismissal of one of his sexual abuse cases; and much more. After more than four years of waiting for a ruling (so long that file-sharing has become something of antique topic) a federal appeals court finally weighed in this week — overturning the huge verdict, but leaving Cox still facing the potential for massive damages.
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