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Los Lobos sue Sony Music over ‘La Bamba,’ ‘Desperado’ royalties
The L.A.-born rock band alleges an 'egregious' lack of payments for 'Cancion del Mariachi' and a 'massive deficiency' in payments for 'La Bamba' Source...

Gene Whitney joins HYBE AMERICA as General Counsel
Whitney joins HYBE America from Riot Games, where he most recently served as Global Head of Music Business Affairs and Label Operations. Source...

Managers and agents of Ed Sheeran, Oasis, Olivia Dean, Radiohead, Fontaines D.C. and more urge EU action on ‘predatory ticket resale’
The signatories want the Digital Fairness Act expanded to tackle ticket resale abuse. Source...

Quebec court greenlights class action against Ticketmaster over ‘unreasonable’ service fees
The complaint centers on Ticketmaster’s fee structure that fluctuates based on ticket prices instead of the actual cost of services rendered. Source...

Johanna Fuentes named Head of Communications and PR at HYBE America
Fuentes most recently served as Head of Global Communications for WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group. Source...

Bad Bunny faces $16m lawsuit over alleged unauthorized voice recording used in two songs
A Puerto Rican woman alleged that Bad Bunny's producer asked her to record a phrase in 2018, which was later used in two of the artist's songs. Source...

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Elon Musk’s X sues major music publishers – plus BMG, Kobalt, NMPA and more – alleging industrywide ‘collusion’ to force licensing deal
X’s lawsuit points to successful licensing agreements between the NMPA plus Roblox and Twitch as evidence of an alleged ‘extortionate scheme’. Source...

From Salt-N-Pepa’s dismissed UMG case to UK music streaming subscription revenues’ 3.2% growth… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source...

Salt-N-Pepa lawsuit against Universal Music Group over ownership of master recordings dismissed
Salt-N-Pepa filed the lawsuit in May 2025 Source...

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