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He had signed them. He had extended them. He uploaded them himself.

The platform that pays fractions of a cent per stream now decides which artists are authentic.

“Once onboarded EVEN owns the relationship.”

UMG called Drake “astoundingly hypocritical” in a federal brief. Eleven days later, Pershing Square announced a $64.4 billion bid. The Music Artists Coalition said nothing about either.

DistroKid is reportedly in acquisition talks valued at approximately two billion dollars. A federal breach of contract lawsuit is proceeding toward discovery. The question on record: who gets paid when the platform sells.

Irving Azoff is advising the iHeartMedia and SiriusXM merger. He founded the Music Artists Coalition which calls itself an independent artist advocate. Both companies in the merger have active licensing arrangements with his performing rights organization. MAC has said nothing.

A former Live Nation executive alleges he was fired after flagging a company wide pattern of financial misrepresentation. According to the lawsuit, a senior executive explained why CEO Michael Rapino did not testify before Congress in 2023. The response is on the record.

On April 24, 2026, all parties in the Live Nation antitrust case filed a joint letter revealing three conflicting proposed timelines for post-trial briefing, Tunney Act proceedings, and the remedies phase. The verdict established liability. The next phase determines relief.

The Orchard, a Sony Music subsidiary, collected neighboring rights royalties from Australian band Tora for nine years without a contract. When confronted with their own data, lawyers appeared in ten minutes.