Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Jay Z Files Lawsuit Against Prince Estate


Last week Jay Z and his music streaming service Tidal threatened to file a lawsuit against the Estate of the late rocker Prince after it was announced that Universal Music Publishing Group had secured the license to distribute Prince's music catalogue [click here if you missed that].

Jay Z follows through...

From Billboard
...in new paperwork filed Friday (Nov. 11) in Minnesota district court and reviewed by Billboard, representatives for Roc Nation claim that a pre-existing contract granted Jay Z's streaming service Tidal exclusive streaming distribution rights to Prince's catalog, and is asking the court to allow its claim to stand and requesting "access to information concerning Bremer Trust's business dealings in its capacity as Special Administrator" for the estate.