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Posted on Friday, 16th December 2011 by Perez Hilton

Yup! YouTube just said F-U to Universal Music Group!
To recap – earlier this week, a whole bunch of celebs banded together to support file-sharing website Megaupload through a controversial new music video (above), which was almost immediately removed from YouTube after UMG cited it for copyright infringement.
Then, Megaupload CEO David Robb announced plans to sue [...]

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Posted on Monday, 12th December 2011 by Perez Hilton

Because who the hell do they think they are!
As we reported earlier, Megaupload had some major success in getting so A-list music stars to appear in a music video endorsing the site. Everyone from Diddy to Mary J Blige lent their celebrity to the cause, hoping to spread the good word of using the [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 15th November 2011 by Perez Hilton

Exciting!
For a while now, Google had been teasing plans for a music store, and now it’s finally happening!
Google’s music store will open tomorrow, and the company is VERY close to signing a major deal with Universal Music Group! Awesome!
Thus far, Google’s already made deals with EMI Group, and independent music organization Merlin Network, which is [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 25th June 2011 by Perez Hilton

She just can’t catch a break with this one, can she?!
Rihanna is once again facing legal trouble for the music video for her single, S&M, just four months after David LaChapelle filed a lawsuit claiming she ripped off his work!
Apparently, 19-year-old Phillipp Paulus has alleged that a sequence in the clip, which featured [...]

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Posted on Monday, 21st March 2011 by Perez Hilton

Looks like they’ll have to figure this out somewhere else!
Supreme Court has refused to get involved in a dispute between Eminem’s former prod company, F.B.T. productions, and Universal Music Group.
The drama has to do with downloads of Em’s songs & ringtones.
According to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, F.B.T. Productions LLC’s contract “entitled Eminem [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, 15th December 2010 by Perez Hilton

That’s what Universal Music Group, Aftermath, and Interscope Records want.
The company that discovered Eminem, F.B.T. Prods, was awarded a higher royalty rate on digital downloads and ringtones back in September when they won an appeal to the Ninth Circuit that gave them 50% of royalties on Eminem’s music. The rates usually run between 12 [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 4th September 2010 by Perez Hilton

Eminem’s gonna get paid!
A federal appeals court has found that Eminem’s former production company F.B.T Productions LLC is entitled to royalties by Universal Music Group (UMG) for music downloaded over iTunes or sold as cellphone ringtones.
Last year, a federal jury ruled against F.B.T., however, the appeals court ruled on Friday that the contracts between UMG [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, 18th August 2010 by Perez Hilton

Or so we imagine…
Sources are confirming that Coldplay had just signed a HUGE publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing, though they won’t reveal any further detials.
Chris Martin and Co. have penned a fresh contract with the publishing giants on the heels of Universal buying out their old label, BMG Music. As the biggest companies in [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 3rd August 2010 by Perez Hilton

There’s more shake-up going on at AI!
Sony has lost the American Idol’s music rights to Universal Music Group.
19 Entertainment and Idol creator Simon Fuller struck a deal with Universal saying:
“With Idol celebrating our 10th season I wanted to inject some new power and weight behind our brand. We have been quietly delivering [...]

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Posted on Monday, 28th June 2010 by Perez Hilton

Uh-oh! With fame and success comes lawsuits!
Jimmy from Degrassi Drake has been sued by Playboy Enterprises for what they claim is a copyright infringement in his breakthrough single “Best I Ever Had!”
The lawsuit, filed against Drake, Cash Money Records, Universal Music Group and Universal Music Group Distribution, asserts that the song illegally samples Hamilton, [...]

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