Last week, performing rights organization BMI filed a lawsuit against Pandora, the popular Internet radio service that claims more than 70 million members. BMI, which collects public performance royalties for songwriters and music publishers, is requesting that the Federal Rate Court – a part of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan that handles royalty disputes– [...]

A Nashville court ruled in favor of Tim McGraw and his new record label, Big Machine, this Friday morning in the artist’s drawn-out dispute with his former record label, Curb Records. The court’s ruling stated that Big Machine does not have to yield various records, including emails, contracts and other documents that relate to Big [...]

Things aren’t exactly sweet in Sugarland these days. Former member and co-founder Kristen Hall, who left the group in 2005, claims that she, Nettles, and Bush agreed to share the group’s profits. Nettles and Bush deny such an agreement was ever made and even claim that Hall left the group some $100,000 in debt. When [...]