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Sony Music Sues Whitney Houston Film Producers Over Failure to Pay for Music

Sony Music sued the producers of the Whitney Houston biopic "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," claiming the comapny hasn't been paid for use of her music.

In the suit, filed on Thursday, Sony Music claimed that the biopic’s producers, Anthem Films, Nybo Productions, and Black Label Media, entered a licensing agreement with the record company on December 5, 2022 and that payments for the use of the catalog were expected by July of 2023. “Despite being given notice of their infringing conduct, Defendants have continued to distribute and otherwise exploit the SME Recordings in connection with the Film without authorization.” Reviews on the biopic — which starred Naomi Ackie as Houston and Stanley Tucci as producer Clive Davis — were mixed, and the film went on to gross about $60 million worldwide.

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