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‘Watershed Ruling’: Appeals Court Says Musicians Can Win Back Their Copyrights Globally, Not Just in the U.S.

A federal appeals court issued a first-of-its-kind ruling that says musicians can enforce U.S. copyright termination rules across the globe, adopting a novel legal theory that record labels and publishers have warned will disrupt “a half-century of settled industry norms.” Upholding a lower court decision last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth […]

Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘What You Saying’ Hits No. 1 on Hot Rap Songs Chart

Lil Uzi Vert captures the crown on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart for the first time in three years as “What You Saying” leads the list dated Jan. 17. The single, released on Cor(e)/Roc Nation, rises from the runner-up spot – where it debuted last week – to become Lil Uzi Vert’s third No. 1 […]