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Limp Bizkit’s UMG Fight, Nelly Copyright Case, Barry White Sample Suit & More Music Law News
Limp Bizkit sues UMG over royalties, Nelly's copyright case takes a twist, Barry White’s estate sues over “Like That” and more music law news stories.
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. According to Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, the answer is an “appalling and unsettling” scheme by UMG centered on “systemic” and “fraudulent” policies that were “deliberately designed” to conceal royalties from artists and “keep those profits for itself.” -Attorneys for the rapper filed their opening salvo in an appeal of a ruling denying him pre-trial release on bail, arguing the “sensationalism” of the case led the judge to keep him locked up over “purely speculative” concerns about witness intimidation.
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