Global Music Rights threatening YouTube with $1 billion lawsuit

December 23, 2014

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If it does not solve its differences with a legal group covering some of music's biggest stars, YouTube could be faced with a $1 billion lawsuit. Global Music Rights is claiming that the video sharing site does not have permission to use around 20,000 songs belonging to clients. Who are the musicians covered by Global Music Rights? Pharrell Williams, John Lennon, The Eagles, and more. Google refuses to remove the songs, though, because the company claims it does indeed have rights to the songs. When asked why Global Music Rights is only going after Google, manager Irving Azoff said “they are the ones that have been least cooperative.” It does not seem like Google will back down and the content remains on YouTube; therefore, a lawsuit is expected.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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