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Earth Wind & Fire Ruling, Kanye Copyright Case, NBA YoungBoy House Arrest & More Legal News

Earth Wind & Fire wins a lawsuit over its name, Kanye faces a copyright case, and more music law news, including NBA YoungBoy and Jam Master Jay.

Ralph Johnson, Philip Bailey and Verdine White of Earth Wind and Fire perform at Chase Center on Sept. 8, 2023 in San Francisco, Calif. Steve Jennings/Getty Images 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. But Earth, Wind & Fire argued that those performers were just a few “side musicians” who had briefly played with the band, and that they had purposefully aimed to mislead consumers into thinking the primary players were also involved.

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